NAME
bsqlodbc - batch SQL script processor using ODBC
SYNOPSIS
bsqlodbc [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
[-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file]
[-t field_term] [-qv]
DESCRIPTION
bsqlodbc is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS.
bsqlodbc is a non-interactive equivalent of the "isql" utility programs
distributed by Sybase and Microsoft. Like them, bsqlodbc uses the
command "go" on a line by itself as a separator between batches. The
last batch need not be followed by "go".
bsqlodbc 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 (’\t’), carriage return
(’\r’), newline (’\n’), 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.
NOTES
bsqlodbc 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.
EXIT STATUS
bsqlodbc exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the
query.
HISTORY
bsqlodbc first appeared in FreeTDS 0.65.
AUTHORS
The bsqlodbc utility was written by James K. Lowden
<jklowden@freetds.org>