How to pass parameter into SQL file from UNIX script? - sql

Question

I'm looking to pass in a parameter into a SQL file from my UNIX script. Unfortunately having problems with it.
Please see UNIX script below:
#!/bin/ksh
############
# Functions
_usage() {
SCRIPT_NAME=XXX
-eq 1 -o "$1" = "" -o "$1" = help -o "$1" = Help -o "$1" = HELP ]; then
echo "Usage: $SCRIPT_NAME [ cCode ]"
echo " - For example : $SCRIPT_NAME GH\n"
exit 1
fi
}
_initialise() {
cCode=$1
echo $cCode
}
# Set Variables
_usage $#
_initialise $1
# Main Processing
sql $DBNAME < test.sql $cCode > $PVNUM_LOGFILE
RETCODE=$?
# Check for errors within log file
if [[ $RETCODE != 0 ]] || grep 'E_' $PVNUM_LOGFILE
then
echo "Error - 50 - running test.sql. Please see $PVNUM_LOGFILE"
exit 50
fi
Please see SQL script (test.sql):
SELECT DISTINCT v1.*
FROM data_latest v1
JOIN temp_table t
ON v1.number = t.id
WHERE v1.code = '&1'
The error I am receiving when running my UNIX script is:
INGRES TERMINAL MONITOR Copyright 2008 Ingres Corporation
E_US0022 Either the flag format or one of the flags is incorrect,
or the parameters are not in proper order.
Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks!

Answer 1

NOTE: While I don't work with the sql command, I do routinely pass UNIX parameters into SQL template/script files when using the isql command line tool, so fwiw ...
The first thing you'll want to do is replace the &1 string with the value in the cCode variable; one typical method is to use sed to do a global search and replace of &1 with ${cCode} , eg:
$ cCode=XYZ
$ sed "s/\&1/${cCode}/g" test.sql
SELECT DISTINCT v1.*
FROM data_latest v1
JOIN temp_table t
ON v1.number = t.id
WHERE v1.code = 'XYZ' <=== &1 replaced with XYZ
NOTE: You'll need to wrap the sed code in double quotes so that the value of the cCode variable can be referenced.
Now, to get this passed into sql there are a couple options ... capture the sed output to a new file and submit that file to sql or ... [and I'm guessing this is doable with sql], pipe the sed output into sql, eg:
sed "s/\&1/${cCode}/g" test.sql | sql $DBNAME > $PVNUM_LOGFILE

Answer 2

You may need '\p\g' around your SQL in the text file?
I personally tend to code in the SQL to the script itself, as in
#!/bin/ksh
var=01.01.2018
db=database_name
OUTLOG=/path/log.txt
sql $db <<_END_ > $OUTLOG
set autocommit on;
\p\g
set lockmode session where readlock = nolock;
\p\g
SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE date > '${var}' ;
\p\g
_END_
exit 0