FreeTDS(February 28, 2008)                          FreeTDS(February 28, 2008)



NAME
       fisql - interactive SQL shell

SYNOPSIS
       fisql [-e] [-F] [-g] [-p] [-n] [-v] [-X] [-Y]
        [-a display_charset] [-c cmdend] [-E editor]
        [-h headers] [-H hostname] [-i inputfile]
        [-I interfaces_file] [-J client_charset]
        [-l login_timeout] [-m errorlevel]
        [-o outputfile]
        [-P password] [-s colseparator] [-S server]
        [-t timeout] [-U username] [-w width]
        [-y sybase_dir] [-z language]

DESCRIPTION
       fisql is very similar to the "isql" utility programs distributed by
       Sybase and Microsoft. Like them, fisql uses the command "go" on a line
       by itself as a separator between batches.

OPTIONS
       -a display_charset
              The client charset name. Not implemented.

       -c cmdend
              Command terminator, defaults to go.

       -e     Echo SQL input (usually in outputfile)

       -E editor
              Specify an editor to invoke. Defaults to vi.

       -F     FIPS mode ON. Server returns a message (but processes the query
              anyway) when it encounters a non-standard SQL command.

       -g     Display a brief help message

       -h headers
              Number of rows after which to repeat the column headers. Default
              is once per resultset.

       -H hostname
              Hostname of the client machine as it will be told to the server.

       -I interfaces_file
              Name of the interfaces or freetds.conf file to use.

       -i inputfile
              Name of script file, containing SQL.

       -J client_charset
              Not implemented.

       -l login_timeout
              How long to wait for the server to acknowledge a login attempt.

       -m errorlevel
              For errors of the severity level specified or higher, print only
              the message number, state, and error level.  Below that level,
              print nothing.

       -n     Suppress line numbers in echoed output.

       -o outputfile
              Name of output file, holding result data.

       -p     Prints performance statistics. Not implemented.

       -P password
              Database server password.

       -s colseparator
              The column separator. Default is space. Shell metacharacters
              require quoting.

       -S server
              Database server to which to connect.

       -t timeout
              The query timeout, in seconds. How long to wait for a query to
              be processed.  The default is indefinitely, or as determined by
              freetds.conf.

       -U username
              Database server login name.

       -v     Display version and copyright.

       -w width
              How many characters wide to print the output. Defaults to 80.

       -X     Use encrypted login. Not implemented in FreeTDS.

       -y sybase_dir
              Sets the SYBASE environment variable. Not used by FreeTDS.

       -Y     Use chained transactions.

       -z language
              Name of a language for fisql's prompts and messages.  Cf.
              DBSETLNATLANG.

NOTES
       fisql 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.

       fisql uses the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. It was first implemented
       using Sybase's own library and continues to work with it. Before (and
       after) modifying it, it would be well to test it with Sybase's library
       to assure compatibility between it and FreeTDS.

EXIT STATUS
       fisql exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the
       query.

       fisql will report any errors returned by the server, but will continue
       processing. In a production environment, this behavior may be
       insufficiently stringent. To make it extremely intolerant of errors,
       change the message and error handlers to call exit(3).

HISTORY
       fisql first appeared in FreeTDS 0.65.

AUTHORS
       The fisql utility was written by Nicholas S. Castellano
       <entropy@freetds.org>, who contributed it to the FreeTDS project under
       the terms of the GPL.

BUGS
       Requires the GNU readline library.



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