Using EDB*Plus v39

To open an EDB*Plus command line, navigate through the Applications or Start menu to the Advanced Server menu, to the Run SQL Command Line menu, and select the EDB*Plus option. You can also invoke EDB*Plus from the operating system command line with the following command:

edbplus [ -S[ILENT ] ] [ <login> | /NOLOG ] [ @<scriptfile>[.<ext> ] ]

SILENT

If specified, the EDB*Plus sign-on banner is suppressed along with all prompts.

login

Login information for connecting to the database server and database. login takes the following form; there must be no white space within the login information.

<username>[/<password>][@{<connectstring> | <variable> } ]

Where:

username is a database username with which to connect to the database.

password is the password associated with the specified username. If a password is not provided, but a password is required for authentication, a password file is used if available. If there is no password file or no entry in the password file with the matching connection parameters, then EDB*Plus will prompt for the password.

connectstring is the database connection string with the following format:

<host>[:<port>][/<dbname>][?ssl={true | false}]

Where:

host is the hostname or IP address on which the database server resides. If neither @connectstring nor @variable nor /NOLOG is specified, the default host is assumed to be the localhost. port is the port number receiving connections on the database server. If not specified, the default is 5444. dbname is the name of the database to connect to. If not specified the default is edb. If Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is used for the connection instead of IPv4, then the IP address must be enclosed within square brackets (that is, [ipv6_address]). The following is an example using an IPv6 connection:

edbplus.sh enterprisedb/password@[fe80::20c:29ff:fe7c:78b2]:5444/edb

The pg_hba.conf file for the database server must contain an appropriate entry for the IPv6 connection. The following example shows an entry that allows all addresses:

# TYPE  DATABASE        USER         ADDRESS           METHOD
host    all             all          ::0/0             md5

For more information about the pg_hba.conf file, see the PostgreSQL core documentation at:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

If an SSL connection is desired, then include the ?ssl=true parameter in the connection string. In such a case, the connection string must minimally include host:port, with or without /dbname. If the ssl parameter is not specified, the default is false. See Using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Connection for instructions on setting up an SSL connection.

variable is a variable defined in the login.sql file that contains a database connection string. The login.sql file can be found in the edbplus subdirectory of the Advanced Server home directory.

/NOLOG

Specify /NOLOG to start EDB*Plus without establishing a database connection. SQL commands and EDB*Plus commands that require a database connection cannot be used in this mode. The CONNECT command can be subsequently given to connect to a database after starting EDB*Plus with the /NOLOG option.

scriptfile[.ext ]

scriptfile is the name of a file residing in the current working directory, containing SQL and/or EDB*Plus commands that will be automatically executed after startup of EDB*Plus. ext is the filename extension. If the filename extension is sql, then the .sql extension may be omitted when specifying scriptfile. When creating a script file, always name the file with an extension, otherwise it will not be accessible by EDB*Plus. (EDB*Plus will always assume a .sql extension on filenames that are specified with no extension.)

The following example shows user enterprisedb with password password, connecting to database edb running on a database server on the localhost at port 5444.

C:\Program Files\edb\as13\edbplus>edbplus enterprisedb/password
Connected to EnterpriseDB 13.1.4 (localhost:5444/edb) AS enterprisedb

EDB*Plus: Release 13 (Build 39.0.0)
Copyright (c) 2008-2021, EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved.

SQL>

The following example shows user enterprisedb with password, password, connecting to database edb running on a database server on the localhost at port 5445.

C:\Program Files\edb\as13\edbplus>edbplus enterprisedb/password@localhost:5445/edb
Connected to EnterpriseDB 13.1.4 (localhost:5445/edb) AS enterprisedb

EDB*Plus: Release 13 (Build 39.0.0)
Copyright (c) 2008-2021, EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved.

SQL>

Using variable hr_5445 in the login.sql file, the following illustrates how it is used to connect to database hr on localhost at port 5445.

C:\Program Files\edb\as13\edbplus>edbplus enterprisedb/password@hr_5445
Connected to EnterpriseDB 13.1.4 (localhost:5445/hr) AS enterprisedb

EDB*Plus: Release 13 (Build 39.0.0)
Copyright (c) 2008-2021, EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved.

SQL>

The following is the content of the login.sql file used in the previous example.

define edb="localhost:5445/edb"
define hr_5445="localhost:5445/hr"

The following example executes a script file, dept_query.sql after connecting to database edb on server localhost at port 5444.

C:\Program Files\edb\as13\edbplus>edbplus enterprisedb/password @dept_query
Connected to EnterpriseDB 13.1.4 (localhost:5444/edb) AS enterprisedb

SQL> SELECT * FROM dept;

DEPTNO DNAME          LOC
------ -------------- -------------
10     ACCOUNTING     NEW YORK
20     RESEARCH       DALLAS
30     SALES          CHICAGO
40     OPERATIONS     BOSTON

SQL> EXIT
Disconnected from EnterpriseDB Database.

The following is the content of file dept_query.sql used in the previous example.

SET PAGESIZE 9999
SET ECHO ON
SELECT * FROM dept;
EXIT