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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4367- February 24, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4367- February 24, 2025
 
CONNECTING DATABASE THROUGH SHELl  
  
  
isql utility of Sybase can be  
efficiently used through shell  
scripts as follows:  
  
---------------------------------------------------  
#!/bin/sh  
cat /dev/null>/tmp/qry.sql  
cat << SQL >> /tmp/qry.sql  
select name from sysobjects where type = 'T'  
SQL  
  
isql -U  -P  -S  -D  -i  
/tmp/qry.sql  
#remove the query file  
rm /tmp/qry.sql  
#end of script  
------------------------------------------------------  
  
Obviously you can use update/delete  
queries of any complicacy in the  
query.  
  
  
This tip generously supported by: rsamik@wilco-int.com  
  
  
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