Sql-server – Vertical output from FreeTDS fisql

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With the mysql shell, you can get vertical output when executing interactive queries by ending them with \G instead of ;.

For example:

mysql> select * from foo limit 1\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
      sid: foo
    login: bar
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Is it possible to do the same using fisql from FreeTDS?

Alternatively, I will accept an answer that can recommend a better UNIX-compatible command line interface to SQL Server that has this capability.

Thanks!

Best Answer

I just discovered sqsh which seems to do the trick:

$ sqsh -S server:1433 -U sa  
sqsh-2.1 Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Scott C. Gray
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
For more information type '\warranty'
Password: 
1> select * from sys.databases where name = 'master'
2> go -m vert
name:                           master
database_id:                    1
source_database_id:             NULL
owner_sid:                      0x01
...

(1 row affected)
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