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NAME

       isql - utility to submit SQL queries to a data source.
       iusql - Unicode version of isql.

SYNOPSIS

       isql DSN [UID [PWD]] [options]

DESCRIPTION

       isql  can  be  used to submit SQL to a data source and to format/output
       results.  It can be used in batch or interactive mode.

OPTIONS

       DSN    Name of the data source you want to connect to.

       UID    Your login to connect the DSN.

       PWD    Your password needed to login to the DSN.

       -b     Batch mode.  It will not do any prompting.

       -dx    Delimit columns with x.

       -x0xXX Delimit columns with XX, where XX is in hex.  For example -x0x09
              will use a tab.

       -w     Wrap results in an HTML table

       -c     Print  column  names on first row.  This options only has effect
              in combination with the -d option.

       -mn    Limit column display width to n

       -v     Verbose output.

       --version
              This prints the version.

EXAMPLES

       cat My.sql | isql WebDB MyID MyPWD -w
              Each line in My.sql must contain exactly 1  SQL  command  except
              for the last line which must be blank.

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was written by Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> for the
       Debian package of unixODBC.