---
title: "Copy"
sidebarTitle: "Copy"
description: "COPY ... TO — writing a query result to object storage as files."
icon: file-export
keywords: ["copy", "export", "parquet", "sql"]
---

<Warning>
Newer deployment versions refuse `COPY` over the SQL endpoint with "COPY is not
supported". On those, export a result by reading it through a Flight SQL client
or an SDK and writing the files from your application.
</Warning>

```sql
COPY (SELECT id, title FROM documents) TO 's3://bucket/export/' STORED AS PARQUET
```

Writes a query result to object storage. This is the export path when the
consumer is another engine rather than an application -- results land as files
rather than streaming to a client.

## What to read next {#next}

<Card title="Insert" icon="plus" href="/sql/dml/insert">
  Bringing rows in, rather than exporting them.
</Card>