BSQLDB(1) BSD General Commands Manual BSQLDB(1)NAMEbsqldb — batch SQL script processor using DB-Library
SYNOPSISbsqldb [-hqv] [-S servername] [-D database] [-U username] [-P password]
[-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file] [-H hostname]
[-t field_term] [-R pivot_description]
DESCRIPTIONbsqldb 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 fol‐
lowed by "go". bsqldb makes use of the DB-Library API provided by
FreeTDS. This API is of course also available to application developers.
OPTIONS-D database
Database to use.
-H hostname
hostname Override name of client sent to server.
-P password
Database server password.
-S servername
Database server to which to connect.
-U username
Database server login name. If username is not provided, a domain
login is attempted for TDS 7+ connections.
-e error_file
Name of file for errors.
-h Print column headers with the data to the same file.
-i input_file
Name of script file, containing SQL.
-o output_file
Name of output file, holding result data.
-q Do not print column metadata, return status, or rowcount. Over‐
rides -h.
-t field_term
Specifies the field terminator. Default is two spaces (' ').
Recognized escape sequences are tab ('\t'), carriage return
('\r'), newline ('\n'), and backslash ('\\').
-v Verbose mode, for more information about the DB-Library interac‐
tion. 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.
-R pivot_description
Specify pivot trasformation. The format is ⟨down columns⟩
⟨across columns⟩ ⟨function⟩ ⟨value⟩. Columns are specified but
numbers. The format of down columns and across columns is a
comma separated list of columns. function is either count, sum,
min or max.
ENVIRONMENT
DSQUERY default servername
NOTESbsqldb is a filter; it reads from standard input, writes to standard out‐
put, and writes errors to standard error. The -i, -o, and -e options
override these defaults.
The source code for bsqldb is intended as a model for DB-Library users.
DB-Library has a rich set of functions, and it can be hard sometimes to
understand how to use them, particularly the first time. If you find
something about the source code unclear, you are encouraged to email the
author your comments.
EXIT STATUSbsqldb exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the query.
For messages with severity > 10, bsqldb calls exit(3) with the severity
level. For example, if the severity level is 16, bsqldb will return an
exit status of 16 to the shell.
HISTORYbsqldb first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.
AUTHORS
The bsqldb utility was written by James K. Lowden ⟨jklowden@freetds.org⟩.
BUGS
Microsoft servers as of SQL Server 7.0 SP 3 do not return output parame‐
ters unless the RPC functions are used. This means bsqldb cannot return
output parameters for stored procedures with these servers.
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