1BSQLDB(1)                 BSD General Commands Manual                BSQLDB(1)
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NAME

4     bsqldb — batch SQL script processor using DB-Library
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SYNOPSIS

7     bsqldb [-hqv] [-S servername] [-D database] [-U username] [-P password]
8            [-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file] [-H hostname]
9            [-t field_term] [-R pivot_description]
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DESCRIPTION

12     bsqldb is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS.  bsqldb is a non-
13     interactive equivalent of the "isql" utility programs distributed by
14     Sybase and Microsoft. Like them, bsqldb uses the command "go" on a line
15     by itself as a separator between batches. The last batch need not be fol‐
16     lowed by "go".  bsqldb makes use of the DB-Library API provided by
17     FreeTDS. This API is of course also available to application developers.
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OPTIONS

21     -D database
22             Database to use.
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24     -H hostname
25             hostname Override name of client sent to server.
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27     -P password
28             Database server password.
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30     -S servername
31             Database server to which to connect.
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33     -U username
34             Database server login name. If username is not provided, a domain
35             login is attempted for TDS 7+ connections.
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37     -e error_file
38             Name of file for errors.
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40     -h      Print column headers with the data to the same file.
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42     -i input_file
43             Name of script file, containing SQL.
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45     -o output_file
46             Name of output file, holding result data.
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48     -q      Do not print column metadata, return status, or rowcount. Over‐
49             rides -h.
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51     -t field_term
52             Specifies the field terminator. Default is two spaces (' ').
53             Recognized escape sequences are tab ('\t'), carriage return
54             ('\r'), newline ('\n'), and backslash ('\\').
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56     -v      Verbose mode, for more information about the DB-Library interac‐
57             tion.  This also reports the result set metadata, including and
58             return code. All verbose data are written to standard error (or
59             -e), so as not to interfere with the data stream.
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61     -R pivot_description
62             Specify pivot trasformation. The format is ⟨down columns
63across columns⟩ ⟨function⟩ ⟨value⟩.  Columns are specified but
64             numbers.  The format of down columns and across columns is a
65             comma separated list of columns.  function is either count, sum,
66             min or max.
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ENVIRONMENT

69     DSQUERY default servername
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NOTES

72     bsqldb is a filter; it reads from standard input, writes to standard out‐
73     put, and writes errors to standard error. The -i, -o, and -e options
74     override these defaults.
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76     The source code for bsqldb is intended as a model for DB-Library users.
77     DB-Library has a rich set of functions, and it can be hard sometimes to
78     understand how to use them, particularly the first time. If you find
79     something about the source code unclear, you are encouraged to email the
80     author your comments.
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EXIT STATUS

83     bsqldb exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the query.
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85     For messages with severity > 10, bsqldb calls exit(3) with the severity
86     level.  For example, if the severity level is 16, bsqldb will return an
87     exit status of 16 to the shell.
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HISTORY

90     bsqldb first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.
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AUTHORS

93     The bsqldb utility was written by James K. Lowden <jklowden@freetds.org>.
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BUGS

96     Microsoft servers as of SQL Server 7.0 SP 3 do not return output parame‐
97     ters unless the RPC functions are used. This means bsqldb cannot return
98     output parameters for stored procedures with these servers.
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101FreeTDS 1.3.3                   March 26, 2015                   FreeTDS 1.3.3
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