No CSV export from Addressbook?

WOW. How did Apple get away with this for all these years? I recently migrated from Now Up To Date to Addressbook so I could be "all Mac" and now my contact content is stuck inside?
There seems to be a program for sale for $18 (Export Address Book), but I have to say as HUGE Apple supporter evangelist, this is a bit odd of a missing option that we shouldn't have to pay for IMHO.
I'll keep checking for other solutions. I can afford the $18, it's the principle. I'm just stunned there's now export within AB I can open in a spreadsheet. Very odd.
Unless I'm missing something?

Oh, I totally missed that sorry. I'm in Automator now and see what you mean.
For those not familiar with Automator, it's in your Applications folder. Launch it and then you'll see a window of several icons.
Select and Choose the Application icon.
Then in the left column of Automator you'll see Library and Contacts under it along with other choices. Single click "Contacts" and in the middle column you'll now see a new list of options, drag "Get Contact Information" to the far right column (Drag actions to build workflow).
Now you'll see all your Contact fields and in the top row: "Export Format" with a pulldown menu with: Formatted Text, Spreadsheet (tabs) and AppleScript Lists.
Choose Spreadsheet (tabs) if you want a file of your contacts that you can open in a program like Excel.
You'll also note that you can check or uncheck which fields you want to export.
I assume that when you are ready, you click "Run" in the upper right of the window.
Right Barney?
Thanks Barney for pointing me/us here.
Steven

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ORA-20876 in csv export from interactive report = Possibly a bug?

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yesterday i tried to download data to csv from an interactive report. The resulting csv file contained a "ORA-20876: Stop APEX Engine" only and no other data. I played around with other reports in my application and had no problems with exports.
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what happens if you take the query from IR report and create a new classic report?
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Calling csv export from button not link?

Gday,
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