bsqldb(1)							 FreeTDS Utilities							 bsqldb(1)

NAME

       bsqldb - batch SQL script processor using DB-Library

SYNOPSIS

       bsqldb [-U username] [-P password] [-S servername] [-D database]
	      [-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file] [-H hostname]
	      [-t field_term] [-hqv]

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 com-
       mand "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-Library API provided by FreeTDS. This API is of course also available to application developers.

OPTIONS

       -U username
	      Database server login name. If username is not provided, a domain login is attempted for TDS 7+ connections.

       -P password
	      Database server password.

       -S servername 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 ('	'), carriage  return  ('
'),
	      newline ('
'), and backslash ('\').

       -h     Print column headers with the data to the same file.

       -H     hostname Override name of client sent to server.

       -q     Do not print column metadata, return status, or rowcount. Overrides -h.

       -v     Verbose  mode,  for more information about the DB-Libraryrary 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.

ENVIRONMENT

       DSQUERY
	      default servername

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-Library users. DB-Library has a rich set of functions, and it can be hard some-
       times 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.

doc								 13 November 2011							 bsqldb(1)