diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/SimpleExtractionDao.java b/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/SimpleExtractionDao.java
index bf049ce3a..8148a7c5a 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/SimpleExtractionDao.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/SimpleExtractionDao.java
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ protected <T extends JdbcResult> T resultToCSV(ResultSet rs, T result, File file
 
             result.setRowCount(rowCount);
             outputStream.flush();
-            outputStream.close();
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             result.setError(e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/io/ExcelHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/io/ExcelHelper.java
index d389aab88..38cf056f5 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/io/ExcelHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nexial/core/plugins/io/ExcelHelper.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.nexial.core.excel.ExcelAddress;
 import org.nexial.core.model.ExecutionContext;
 import org.nexial.core.model.StepResult;
+import org.nexial.core.plugins.db.DaoUtils;
 import org.nexial.core.utils.ConsoleUtils;
 
 import static java.lang.System.lineSeparator;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ protected StringBuilder xlsx2csv(File excelFile, String worksheet) throws IOExce
         XSSFSheet excelSheet = workBook.getSheet(worksheet);
         Iterator rowIterator = excelSheet.rowIterator();
         StringBuilder csv = new StringBuilder();
+        String delim = context.getTextDelim();
 
         while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {
             XSSFRow row = (XSSFRow) rowIterator.next();
@@ -96,10 +98,10 @@ protected StringBuilder xlsx2csv(File excelFile, String worksheet) throws IOExce
             for (int i = 0; i < row.getLastCellNum(); i++) {
                 value = returnCellValue(row.getCell(i));
                 if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value)) { value = ""; }
-                oneRow += value + ",";
+                oneRow += value + delim;
             }
 
-            oneRow = StringUtils.trim(StringUtils.removeEnd(oneRow, ","));
+            oneRow = StringUtils.trim(StringUtils.removeEnd(oneRow, delim));
             if (!oneRow.isEmpty()) { csv.append(oneRow).append(lineSeparator()); }
         }
 
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ protected StringBuilder xls2csv(File excelFile, String worksheet) throws IOExcep
         HSSFSheet excelSheet = workBook.getSheet(worksheet);
         Iterator rowIterator = excelSheet.rowIterator();
         StringBuilder csv = new StringBuilder();
+        String delim = context.getTextDelim();
 
         while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {
             HSSFRow row = (HSSFRow) rowIterator.next();
@@ -121,10 +124,10 @@ protected StringBuilder xls2csv(File excelFile, String worksheet) throws IOExcep
                 HSSFCell cell = row.getCell(i);
                 value = returnCellValue(cell);
                 if (StringUtils.isEmpty(value)) { value = ""; }
-                oneRow += value + ",";
+                oneRow += value + delim;
             }
 
-            oneRow = StringUtils.trim(StringUtils.removeEnd(oneRow, ","));
+            oneRow = StringUtils.trim(StringUtils.removeEnd(oneRow, delim));
             if (!oneRow.isEmpty()) { csv.append(oneRow).append(lineSeparator()); }
         }
 
@@ -157,24 +160,32 @@ protected StepResult saveCSVContentToFile(String file, StringBuilder csv) {
 
     protected String returnCellValue(Cell cell) {
         try {
+            String value;
+
             switch (cell.getCellTypeEnum()) {
                 case STRING:
                 case BOOLEAN:
-                    return cell.getRichStringCellValue().toString();
+                    value = cell.getRichStringCellValue().toString();
+                    break;
                 case NUMERIC:
-                    return formattedCellToString(cell);
+                    value = formattedCellToString(cell);
+                    break;
                 case FORMULA:
                     CellType resultType = cell.getCachedFormulaResultTypeEnum();
                     if (resultType == STRING) {
-                        return cell.getRichStringCellValue().toString();
+                        value = cell.getRichStringCellValue().toString();
                     } else if (resultType == NUMERIC) {
-                        return formattedCellToString(cell);
+                        value = formattedCellToString(cell);
                     } else {
-                        return cell.getStringCellValue();
+                        value = cell.getStringCellValue();
                     }
+
+                    break;
                 default:
-                    return cell.getStringCellValue();
+                    value = cell.getStringCellValue();
             }
+
+            return DaoUtils.csvFriendly(value, context.getTextDelim(), true);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/RdbmsCommand.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/RdbmsCommand.kt
index 2a6eca16e..3a053b69d 100755
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/RdbmsCommand.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/nexial/core/plugins/db/RdbmsCommand.kt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class RdbmsCommand : BaseCommand() {
         // requires(dataAccess.validSQL(query), "invalid sql", sql);
 
         val result = dataAccess.execute(query, resolveDao(db)) ?: return StepResult.fail(
-                "FAILED TO EXECUTE SQL '$sql': no result found")
+            "FAILED TO EXECUTE SQL '$sql': no result found")
         context.setData(`var`, result)
 
         log("executed query in ${result.elapsedTime} ms with " +
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class RdbmsCommand : BaseCommand() {
             // requires(dataAccess.validSQL(query), "invalid sql", sql);
 
             val result = dataAccess.execute(query, dao, File(outputFile)) ?: return StepResult.fail(
-                    "FAILED TO EXECUTE SQL '$sql': no result found")
+                "FAILED TO EXECUTE SQL '$sql': no result found")
 
             log("executed query in ${result.elapsedTime} ms with " +
                 if (result.hasError()) "ERROR ${result.error}" else "${result.rowCount} row(s)")