1SQL2CSV(1)                          csvkit                          SQL2CSV(1)
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NAME

6       sql2csv - sql2csv Documentation
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DESCRIPTION

9       Executes  arbitrary commands against a SQL database and outputs the re‐
10       sults as a CSV:
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12          usage: sql2csv [-h] [-v] [-l] [-V] [--db CONNECTION_STRING] [--query QUERY]
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16          Execute an SQL query on a database and output the result to a CSV file.
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18          positional arguments:
19            FILE                  The file to use as the SQL query. If FILE and --query
20                                  are omitted, the query is piped data via STDIN.
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22          optional arguments:
23            -h, --help            show this help message and exit
24            --db CONNECTION_STRING
25                                  An sqlalchemy connection string to connect to a
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27            --query QUERY         The SQL query to execute. Overrides FILE and STDIN.
28            -e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
29                                  Specify the encoding of the input query file.
30            -H, --no-header-row   Do not output column names.
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EXAMPLES

33       Load sample data into a table using csvsql  and  then  query  it  using
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36          csvsql --db "sqlite:///dummy.db" --tables "test" --insert examples/dummy.csv
37          sql2csv --db "sqlite:///dummy.db" --query "select * from test"
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39       Load data about financial aid recipients into PostgreSQL. Then find the
40       three states that received the most, while  also  filtering  out  empty
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44          csvsql --db "postgresql:///recipients" --tables "fy09" --insert examples/realdata/FY09_EDU_Recipients_by_State.csv
45          sql2csv --db "postgresql:///recipients" --query "select * from fy09 where \"State Name\" != '' order by fy09.\"TOTAL\" limit 3"
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47       You  can  even  use  it  as a simple SQL calculator (in this example an
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50          sql2csv --query "select 300 * 47 % 14 * 27 + 7000"
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52       The connection string accepts parameters. For example, to set  the  en‐
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AUTHOR

58       Christopher Groskopf
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61       2023, Christopher Groskopf
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661.1.0                            Jan 20, 2023                       SQL2CSV(1)
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