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 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-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
              ('\t'), carriage return ('\r'), newline ('\n'), 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 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.