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NAME

       fisql - interactive SQL shell

SYNOPSIS

       fisql [-e] [-F] [-g] [-p] [-n] [-v] [-X] [-Y]
              [-a display_charset] [-c cmdend]
              [-D database] [-E editor]
              [-h headers] [-H hostname] [-i inputfile]
              [-I interfaces_file] [-J client_charset]
              [-l login_timeout] [-m errorlevel]
              [-o outputfile]
              [-P password] [-s colseparator] [-S server]
              [-t timeout] [-U username] [-w width]
              [-y sybase_dir] [-z language]

DESCRIPTION

       fisql  is  very  similar  to  the "isql" utility programs distributed by Sybase and Microsoft. Like them,
       fisql uses the command "go" on a line by itself as a separator between batches.

OPTIONS

       -a display_charset
              The client charset name. Not implemented.

       -c cmdend
              Command terminator, defaults to go.

       -D     Database name on the server to use.

       -e     Echo SQL input (usually in outputfile)

       -E editor
              Specify an editor to invoke. Defaults to vi.

       -F     FIPS mode ON. Server returns a message (but processes the query anyway) when it encounters a  non-
              standard SQL command.

       -g     Display a brief help message

       -h headers
              Number of rows after which to repeat the column headers. Default is once per resultset.

       -H hostname
              Hostname of the client machine as it will be told to the server.

       -I interfaces_file
              Name of the interfaces or freetds.conf file to use.

       -i inputfile
              Name of script file, containing SQL.

       -J client_charset
              Not implemented.

       -l login_timeout
              How long to wait for the server to acknowledge a login attempt.

       -m errorlevel
              For  errors  of  the severity level specified or higher, print only the message number, state, and
              error level.  Below that level, print nothing.

       -n     Suppress line numbers in echoed output.

       -o outputfile
              Name of output file, holding result data.

       -p     Prints performance statistics. Not implemented.

       -P password
              Database server password.

       -s colseparator
              The column separator. Default is space. Shell metacharacters require quoting.

       -S server
              Database server to which to connect.

       -t timeout
              The query timeout, in seconds. How long to wait for a query  to  be  processed.   The  default  is
              indefinitely, or as determined by freetds.conf.

       -U username
              Database server login name.

       -v     Display version and copyright.

       -w width
              How many characters wide to print the output. Defaults to 80.

       -X     Use encrypted login. Not implemented in FreeTDS.

       -y sybase_dir
              Sets the SYBASE environment variable. Not used by FreeTDS.

       -Y     Use chained transactions.

       -z language
              Name of a language for fisql's prompts and messages.  Cf. DBSETLNATLANG.

NOTES

       fisql 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.

       fisql uses the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. It was first implemented using Sybase's  own  library  and
       continues  to  work  with  it. Before (and after) modifying it, it would be well to test it with Sybase's
       library to assure compatibility between it and FreeTDS.

EXIT STATUS

       fisql exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the query.

       fisql 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

       fisql first appeared in FreeTDS 0.65.

AUTHORS

       The fisql utility was written by Nicholas S. Castellano <entropy@freetds.org>, who contributed it to  the
       FreeTDS project under the terms of the GPL.

BUGS

       Requires the GNU readline library.