NAME

sqlsh - SQL shell

SYNOPSIS

        sqlsh -d DBI:Oracle:DEVDB -u scott -p tiger

DESCRIPTION

sqlsh is an interactive shell run from the command-line for working with databases. This is a terse summary for quick reference. For a full description see SQL::Shell::Manual. For a list of commands, type:

        help

at the prompt after running sqlsh. If you pass a username with -u and don't pass a password with -p, sqlsh will prompt you for a password. You can pass a blank password with -p if required (-p followed by nothing).

OPTIONS

        -d <DSN>
        -u <username>
        -p <password>
        -i - read list of commands from STDIN
        -q - quiet (no banner)
        -H - help

COMMANDS ADDED BY SQLSH

 cat|more|less <file> - display file
 help|? - show this
 reload - reload the shell
 exit|quit|bye|\w+ off - quit the shell

READLINE MODE

This script uses Term::Readline. Term::Readline sets the editing mode (vi/emacs) based on the user's .inputrc, or the $EDITOR environment variable.

This script will set $EDITOR based on $PERL_READLINE_MODE or bash's $SHELLOPTS variable. Any .inputrc editing-mode declaration still takes precedence.

VERSION

$Revision: 1.50 $ on $Date: 2006/12/05 11:38:47 $ by $Author: andreww $

AUTHOR

John Alden with contributions by Simon Flack <cpan _at_ bbc _dot_ co _dot_ uk>

COPYRIGHT

(c) BBC 2006. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the GNU GPL.

See the file COPYING in this distribution, or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt