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



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>

FreeTDS Utilities                   0.82RC2         FreeTDS(February 28, 2008)
