sqlcmd A Cross-platform, Cross-database SQL Command Line Tool
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A Cross-platform, Cross-database SQL Command Line Tool sqlcmd is a Python-based SQL command line tool, similar in concept to tools like Oracle's SQL*Plus, the PostgreSQL psql command, and MySQL's mysql tool.In short, sqlcmd is a SQL command tool that attempts to provide the same interface for all supported databases and across all platforms.sqlcmd has been tested on the following platforms:* Mac OS X, version 10.4 (Tiger), using MacPython* Linux (Ubuntu, Gutsy and Hardy)* FreeBSD* Windows XP, using the non-Cygwin Windows version of Python and pyreadline Here are some key features of "sqlcmd": · Connection parameters for individual databases are kept in a configuration file in your home directory. · Databases can be assigned multiple logical names. · Command history management, with GNU Readline support. Each database has its own history file. · Supports retrieving database metadata (getting a list of tables, querying the table's columns and their data types, listing the indexes and foreign keys for a table, etc.). · Supports Unix shell-style variables. · Standard interface that works the same no matter what database you're using. · Uses the enhanced database drivers in the Grizzled API's db module. (Those drivers are, in turn, built on top of standard Python DB API drivers like psycopg2 and MySQLdb.) Supports: · MySQL (tested with MySQL 5 on Linux, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD) · Oracle (tested with Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Linux) · PostgreSQL (tested with versions 8.1 through 8.3 on Linux and Mac OS X) · SQL Server (tested with SQL Server Express 2005, using pymssql) · SQLite (tested on Linux and Mac OS X) · You will have to install Python DB API drivers for all but SQLite. · Written entirely in Python, which makes it very portable (though the database drivers are often written in C and may not be available on all platforms). Requirements: · Python

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