Hi Kees, Not sure what I did wrong, but I got it working now. Just wondering now if I actually need the VB wrapper. Looks all can be done with command-line work.
RBS -----Original Message----- From: Kees Nuyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 November 2006 21:36 To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] select from commandprompt with output to file Hi RBS, On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:56:36 -0000, you wrote: >How do I do this: >From the command prompt issue a simple select query to a specified database >and direct the output to a file. >I can see there is the .output FILENAME option, but nothing seems to happen. >.output stdout works fine with output to the screen. >Must be overlooking something simple here. > >RBS .output FILENAME doesn't do anything by itself, it only sets the name of the file any follwing commands will write output to. Once you execute a query afterwards the file should be created. If you want the file in another directory than the current one, use slashes in the path, not backslashes. The following code works for me: C:\DATA\opt\test>sqlite3 tmp/test.db3 SQLite version 3.3.8 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> .mode list sqlite> .headers off sqlite> .output tmp/master.html sqlite> SELECT '<html><head><title>Database schema</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/sqlite.css" /></head><body>'; sqlite> SELECT '<h1>Report on database schema TEST</h1><table summary="list of tables"><caption>tables</caption>'; sqlite> .mode html sqlite> .headers on sqlite> select * from sqlite_master order by type,name; sqlite> .mode list sqlite> .headers off sqlite> SELECT '</table></body></html>'; sqlite> .q C:\DATA\opt\test> -- ( Kees Nuyt ) c[_] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
