NAME

       bsqldb — batch SQL script processor using DB-Library

SYNOPSIS

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

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

       -D database
               Database to use.

       -H hostname
               hostname Override name of client sent to server.

       -P password
               Database server password.

       -S servername
               Database server to which to connect.

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

       -e error_file
               Name of file for errors.

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

       -i input_file
               Name of script file, containing SQL.

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

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

       -t field_term
               Specifies the field terminator. Default is two spaces (' ').  Recognized escape sequences are tab
               ('\t'), carriage return ('\r'), newline ('\n'), and backslash ('\\').

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

       -R pivot_description
               Specify  pivot  trasformation.  The format is ⟨down columns⟩ ⟨across columns⟩ ⟨function⟩ ⟨value⟩.
               Columns are specified but numbers.  The format of down columns and  across  columns  is  a  comma
               separated list of columns.  function is either count, sum, min or max.

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 defaults.

       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 find something about the source code 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.

       For messages with severity > 10, bsqldb calls exit(3) with the  severity  level.   For  example,  if  the
       severity level is 16, bsqldb will return an exit status of 16 to the shell.

HISTORY

       bsqldb first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.

AUTHORS

       The bsqldb utility was written by James K. Lowden <jklowden@freetds.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 1.3.17                                   March 26, 2015                                        BSQLDB(1)