Command Reference

Most jsqsh commands are preceded with a backslash (\), however a number of commands come with built-in aliases for convenience (see the Alias(s) column). Most jsqsh command take additional command line arguments, for details on how command line arguments work within jsqsh see options.

Command	Alias(s)	Description
\alias		Creates an alias
[[\buf-append	\buf_append]]
[[\buf-copy	\buf_copy]]
[[\buf-edit	\buf_edit]]	\edit, vi, emacs
[[\buf-load	\buf_load]]	:r
\call		Call a prepared statement
\connect		Establishes a connection to a database.
\create		Generates a CREATE TABLE using table definitions
\databases	\dbs	Displays set of available databases (catalogs)
\describe		Displays a description of a database object
\drivers		Lists available JDBC driver definitions
\echo		Displays a line of text.
\end		Ends the current session
\eval	:e	Read and execute an input file full of SQL
\go	go	Executes the contents of the current buffer
\help		Displays help for a jsqsh command
\history		Displays a history of SQL statements executed
\import		Imports command packages into jsqsh
\insert		Generates INSERT statements from a query
\macro		Creates a velocimacro from the current buffer
\prepare		Display prepared query metadata
\procs		Displays stored procedures
\quit	quit	Exits jsqsh
\read		Reads input from user into variables
\reset		Clears the current SQL buffer of its contents.
\select		Generates a SELECT using table definitions
\session	\s	Displays set of sessions or switches to another session.
\set		Sets a variable or displays all variables.
\setup		Simple guided setup for managing named connections
\show		Show various database metadata
\stack		Display the stack trace of the most recently displayed error message
\tables		Displays tables, views, synonyms, etc.
\tree		Shows a tree view of all the tables
\unset		Removes a jsqsh variable.