BSQLODBC(FreeTDS)     FreeTDS (freetds reference manual)     BSQLODBC(FreeTDS)

NAME
     bsqlodbc - batch SQL script processor using ODBC

SYNOPSIS
     bsqlodbc [-hqv] [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
              [-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-e error_file] [-t field_term]
              [-V odbc_version]

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

     -V odbc_version
             Specify ODBC version (2 or 3).

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 defaults.

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>.

FreeTDS 1.4.12                  March 25, 2015                  FreeTDS 1.4.12