hey, i'm not 100% sure but i think i got this to work yesterday and can't figure out how i did it again today i've built a query in Query Analyzer and i want the result set to be saved into a microsoft excel spreadsheet. somehow yesterday i think i did this because i have two .csv files that contain results from some queries i made that open up properly in excel.. today when i hit the results to file button it's saving them as .rtp's which don't come out pretty when i open them in excel. and i can't seem to find a way to make it save them as .csv's.. so anyways, if anyone knows how to force Query Analyzer to output the results in a excel compatible file type please let me know