Manual Page - bsqldb(1)
Manual Reference Pages - FreeTDS (February 24, 2006)
NAME
bsqldb - batch SQL script processor using db-lib
CONTENTS
Synopsis
Description
Options
Notes
Exit Status
History
Authors
Bugs
SYNOPSIS
bsqldb [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
[-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file]
[-t field_term] [-qv]
DESCRIPTION
bsqldb is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS.
bsqldb is a non-interactive equivalent of the "isql"
utility programs distributed by Sybase and Microsoft. Like them, bsqldb uses
the command "go" on a line by itself as a separator between batches. The last
batch need not be followed by "go".
bsqldb makes use of the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. This
API is of course also available to application developers.
OPTIONS
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-U username
Database server login name.
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-P password
Database server password.
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-S server
Database server to which to connect.
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-D database
Database to use.
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-i input_file
Name of script file, containing SQL.
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-o output_file
Name of output file, holding result data.
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-e error_file
Name of file for errors.
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-t field_term
Specifies the field terminator. Default is two spaces (’ ’).
Recognized escape sequences are tab (’\t’), carriage return (’\r’), newline (’\n’),
and backslash (’\#146;).
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-q
Do not print column metadata, return status, or rowcount.
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-v
Verbose mode, for more information about the db-lib 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.
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NOTES
bsqldb 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, of course.
The source code for bsqldb is intended as a model for db-lib users. db-lib
has a rich set of functions, and it can be hard sometimes to understand how to
use them, particularly the first time. If you are using it in this way and
find something unclear, you are encouraged to email the author your
comments.
EXIT STATUS
bsqldb exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the query.
bsqldb will report any errors returned by the server, but will continue
processing. In a production environment, this behavior may be insufficiently
stringent. To make it extremely intolerant of errors, change the message and
error handlers to call exit(3).
HISTORY
bsqldb first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.
AUTHORS
The bsqldb utility was written by James K. Lowden <jklowden@schemamania.org>
BUGS
Microsoft servers as of SQL Server 7.0 SP 3 do not return output parameters
unless the RPC functions are used. This means bsqldb cannot return output
parameters for stored procedures with these servers.
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