"Are to be exported" vs "are exported"
Hi there,
is there any difference in meaning when I say:
"Configure which results are to be exported to the database" or
"Configure which results are exported to the database"?
Can I use both? Is one of them more correct than the other and why?
Thank you in advance 
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is there any difference in meaning Yes when I say: "Configure which results are to be exported to the database" The exporting will happen in the future, eg next week, eg when you finish this task. "Configure which results are exported to the database"? The exporting happens regularly, eg every time you use this application..
- is there any difference in meaning Yes when I say: "Configure which results are to be exported to the database" The exporting will happen in the future, eg next week, eg when you finish this task.
- "Configure which results are exported to the database"?
- The exporting happens regularly, eg every time you use this application..
- Can I use both?
- Yes, depending on your meaning.
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is there any difference in meaning Yes when I say:
"Configure which results are to be exported to the database" The exporting will happen in the future, eg next week, eg when you finish this task.
"Configure which results are exported to the database"? The exporting happens regularly, eg every time you use this application..
Can I
0Neither one is particularly good.
Configure the data to be exported to the database. (This means that you have to fix the data formats so that the database import function will perform correctly. You do this before invoking the export function.)
Define which results are exported to the database. (This means that you set the criteria for filtering the data that will be
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