Unix Tip: CONNECTING DATABASE THROUGH SHELl

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Unix Tip 2374 - July 2, 2005

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CONNECTING DATABASE THROUGH SHELl

isql utility of Sybase can be
efficiently used through shell
scripts as follows:

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#!/bin/sh
cat /dev/null>/tmp/qry.sql
cat << SQL >> /tmp/qry.sql
select name from sysobjects where type = 'T'
SQL

isql -U <login> -P <pass> -S <server> -D <database> -i
/tmp/qry.sql
#remove the query file
rm /tmp/qry.sql