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



NAME
       bsqldb - batch SQL script processor using db-lib

SYNOPSIS
       bsqldb [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
       [-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file]
       [-t field_term] [-qv]

DESCRIPTION
       bsqldb is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS.

       bsqldb is a non-interactive equivalent of the "isql" utility programs
       distributed by Sybase and Microsoft. Like them, bsqldb uses the command
       "go" on a line by itself as a separator between batches. The last batch
       need not be followed by "go".

       bsqldb makes use of the db-lib 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 db-lib 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
       bsqldb 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.

       The source code for bsqldb is intended as a model for db-lib users. db-
       lib has a rich set of functions, and it can be hard sometimes to
       understand how to use them, particularly the first time. If you are
       using it in this way and find something unclear, you are encouraged to
       email the author your comments.

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

       bsqldb 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
       bsqldb first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.

AUTHORS
       The bsqldb utility was written by James K. Lowden
       <jklowden@schemamania.org>

BUGS
       Microsoft servers as of SQL Server 7.0 SP 3 do not return output
       parameters unless the RPC functions are used. This means bsqldb cannot
       return output parameters for stored procedures with these servers.



FreeTDS Utilities                   0.82RC2         FreeTDS(February 28, 2008)
