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Vertica VSQL Command Line Examples

This document provides examples of how to use the vsql command line tool to connect to and administer a Vertica database. It shows how to connect to a specific node using the -h option, connect to a specific database using the -d option, run a single command using the -c option, redirect output to a file, execute commands from a file, and list available databases using the -l option. The vsql command line allows running SQL commands and scripts to administer the Vertica database from the terminal.

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Vertica VSQL Command Line Examples

This document provides examples of how to use the vsql command line tool to connect to and administer a Vertica database. It shows how to connect to a specific node using the -h option, connect to a specific database using the -d option, run a single command using the -c option, redirect output to a file, execute commands from a file, and list available databases using the -l option. The vsql command line allows running SQL commands and scripts to administer the Vertica database from the terminal.

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VERTICA VSQL COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES

In this tutorial we will se how we can write administration scripts useing the Vsql command line
options.
Connect to the database :

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[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 /]$ vsql -Uusername -wpassword


Welcome to vsql, the Vertica Analytic Database interactive terminal.
Type: \h for help with SQL commands
\? for help with vsql commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit
dbadmin:

How to Connect to a specific node/host form the command line


Where -h option will be followd by host name or ip address.

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[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 /]$ vsql -hVertica_Master2 -Udbadmin -wdbadmin
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Welcome to vsql, the Vertica Analytic Database interactive terminal.
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Type: \h for help with SQL commands
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\? for help with vsql commands
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\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
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\q to quit
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dbadmin: select node_name,user_name from sessions;
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node_name | user_name
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v_cluster_node0002 | dbadmin
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Now change the node/host

Where -h option will be followd by host name or ip address.

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[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 /]$ vsql -hVertica_Master1 -Udbadmin -wdbadmin
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Welcome to vsql, the Vertica Analytic Database interactive terminal.
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Type: \h for help with SQL commands
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\? for help with vsql commands
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\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
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\q to quit
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dbadmin= select node_name,user_name from sessions;
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node_name | user_name
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v_cluster_node0001 | dbadmin
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dbadmin=
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Connect to specific database:


Where -d option will be followd by database name.

[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 /]$ vsql ?dbaname -Udbadmin ?dbadmin

Run a single command from the vsql line:


Where -c option will be followd by the command you want to be executed.
-command will execute and exit

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[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 /]$

Redirect output to a file

vsql -Udbadmin -wdbadmin -c 'select database_name from databases' file location/file name ;

Execute commands from file, then exit

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[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 tmp]$ vsql -U dbadmin -w dbadmin -f test


database_name
cluster
(1 row)

How to List all available databases from vsql.


PgSQL

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[dbadmin@Vertica_Master1 tmp]$ vsql -U dbadmin -w dbadmin -l


List of databases
name | user_name
cluster | dbadmin
(1 row)

This are just few of the many examples of how Vsql command line can be used.

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