What are the differences between osql, isql, and sqlcmd?

Question

I am interested in using some kind of a command-line utility for SQL Server similar to Oracle\'s SQL*Plus. SQL Server seems to have several options: osql, isql, and sqlcmd. Howe

Answer 1

There is a free tool "SQLSPlus" (on http://www.memfix.com ) which is exactly like Oracle SQLPlus for SQL Server. Works with all SQL Server versions.

Very flexible with data formatting (set lines size, pagesize, etc), variables (var, &, &&), spool, HTML output, etc - lots of added functionality comparing to isql, osql or sqlcmd