bsqlodbc(1)							 FreeTDS Utilities						       bsqlodbc(1)

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 ('	'), carriage  return  ('
'),
	      newline ('
'), 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>

doc								 13 November 2011						       bsqlodbc(1)