Hello,

I am a newbie to SQL Server and I wanted to ask the group if they could
recommend some resources on how to do basic functions such as create a
data dump.

Thanks!

What version of SQL Server?
What do you need the dump for?
You can check out these concepts:

For SQL Server 2000: Data Transformation Services (DTS) at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/deploy/dtssql2k.mspx

For SQL Server 2005: SQL Server 2005 Integration Services at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/intro2is.mspx

Some of the features here (DTS for 2005) also pertain to your question:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d09c1d60-a13c-4479-9b91-9e8b9d835cdc&displaylang=en