[Gllug] Accessing MS SQL Server from linux

Gundemarie Scholz spamyousilly at inbox.ru
Fri Feb 23 09:15:43 UTC 2007


SteveC wrote:
> I've had three different things come up where I need to be able to talk 
> to various MS SQL Servers...
> 
> Anyone got any tips and hints? I'm looking for something like 
> mysql-client or psql -type shells I can use to talk to it... and 
> ultimately to dump the thing and push it in to something useful like mysql.
> 
> WTF is with doing 'GO' after every statement?

'GO' is interpreted only by Microsoft utilities such as the Query
Analyzer, and it chops up a script file in so-called batches, according
to a friend of mine who works with MS SQL.

Regards,
Gunde
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