A Quick Guide to ISQL's Switches and Commands for Firebird/InterBase
by Claudio Valderrama C.
isql -optionA -optionB -optionC...
Options Are:
-X or -EX extract metadata -A extract all metadata -E echo -M merge stderr with stdout -NOW don't display warnings (from the engine) -NOA no autocommit -O <ofile> output file -I <ifile> input file -T <term> set terminator -D <db> database name -PAG <len> set page length -P <pw> password -U <usr> user -R <role> role=> I found a bug here, the role is always uppercased -C <cache> cache buffers -Q quiet operations -Z display version -S <dialect> set SQL dialect
Interactive commands or commands that can be included in a script:
Show <object [name]> Add => add a row to a table Copy => creates one table with the same structure as the original blobView => calls an editor with the blob contents blobDump => writes a file with the blob contents output => redirects output to a file shell => invokes the operating system shell create database <options> drop database connect <options> edit => loads a blob from a temp. file after an editor is called input => takes input from a file and executes it immediately quit => finish, rollback exit => finish, commit help
The following are SET commands:
stats => statistics on performance: read, writes, etc. count => number of rows affected as returned by the API list => show fields in vertical way plan => activate plan information planonly => do not execute statements; only show the plan that would be used blob OFF|<n>|ALL => shows blob contents of no blob type, type N or all types echo => reflects input autoddl => DLL (metadata commands) are committed automatically autofetch => currently useless. the source code width <colname> <size>=> sets size for display purposes transaction => starts a transaction with the required parameters term <t> => the infamous terminator names <cs> => has an effect only before CONNECT; changes session character set time => time portion shown for dialect 1 timestamp fields? sql dialect <n> => set SQL dialect