bsqlodbc (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

bsqlodbc – batch SQL script processor using ODBC

SYNOPSIS

[-hqv ] [-U username ] [-P password ] [-S server ] [-D database ] [-i input_file ] [-o output_file ] [-e error_file ] [-t field_term ] [-V odbc_version ]

DESCRIPTION

is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS.

is a non-interactive equivalent of the `isql’ utility programs distributed by Sybase and Microsoft. Like them, uses the command `go’ on a line by itself as a separator between batches. The last batch need not be followed by `go’

makes use of the ODBC API provided by FreeTDS. This API is of course also available to application developers.

OPTIONS

-U username

Database server login name.

-P password

Database server password.

-S server

Database server to which to connect.

-D database

Database to use.

-i input_file

Name of script file, containing SQL.

-o output_file

Name of output file, holding result data.

-e error_file

Name of file for errors.

-t field_term

Specifies the field terminator. Default is two spaces ( ` ‘ ). Recognized escape sequences are tab ( ` ’ ), carriage return ( `
’ ), newline ( `
’ ), and backslash ( `\’ ).

-h

Print column headers with the data to the same file.

-q

Do not print column metadata, return status, or rowcount. Overrides –h

-v

Verbose mode, for more information about the ODBC interaction. This also reports the result set metadata, including and return code. All verbose data are written to standard error (or –e ), so as not to interfere with the data stream.

-V odbc_version

Specify ODBC version (2 or 3).

NOTES

is a filter; it reads from standard input, writes to standard output, and writes errors to standard error. The –i –o and –e options override these defaults.

EXIT STATUS

exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the query.

HISTORY

first appeared in FreeTDS 0.65.

AUTHORS

The utility was written by An James K. Lowden Aq jklowden [at] freetds.org .

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