7.2.Interactive SQL Utility

ISQL/ISQLO/ISQLU/isql-iodbc/isql-udbc

The Virtuoso ISQL utility allows users to execute queries & scripts against the Virtuoso or other SQL servers (depending on the suffix). It also supports a large number of options and it's own commands.

ISQL parses it's input for CREATE (PROCEDURE|TRIGGER|FUNCTION), '{', '}', ';', double and single quotes and comments to detect where the current command starts and finishes. If it's in a PROCEDURE|TRIGGER|FUNCTION declaration it changes it's command line prompt to '<procedure_name>(<curly_brace_nesting_level>)' to help the user enter the correct command. Otherwise it considers semicolon (;) as the statement end and executes the statement.

ISQL also has a form of script language by itself.