FreeTDS Development Group

[jklowden AT schemamania.org]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 10:30:46AM -0400, Cedric ROUVRAIS wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As I previously mentionned I am working on getting an isql command line
> that works like the Sybase isql. After having giving it some thought, I
> have decided to use bsqldb as the base for my work.
> 
> Currently I am looking at making the -h option work as Sybase and MS SQL,
> however it is currently used for other reasons. I am not to clear on the
> current -h option of bsqldb

With no options, column names are written to standard error.  That way, when 
data are written to standard output (no -o option) the display appears 
normal, but if standard output is redirected (via shell meta characters) only 
the data are written to the file.  That's useful when preparing for, say, 
bcp.  

With -h, the column names are written to standard output and are captured as 
part of any redirection.  

With -q, no headers are written, period.  Quiet is quiet.  

I'm not sure that's the perfect combination, but that's where it stands 
today.  

> Added support for quit and exit commands

Are quit and exit useful, given that you have T-SQL to manage conditional 
logic?  

Looking forward to your patch.  :-)

HTH.

--jkl