SQL Server Command Line Tools for macOS released
This post was authored by Meet Bhagdev, Program Manager, Microsoft
We are delighted to share the production-ready release of the SQL Server Command Line Tools (sqlcmd and bcp) on macOS El Capitan and Sierra.
The sqlcmd utility is a command-line tool that lets you submit T-SQL statements or batches to local and remote instances of SQL Server. The utility is extremely useful for repetitive database tasks such as batch processing or unit testing.
The bulk copy program utility (bcp) bulk copies data between an instance of Microsoft SQL Server and a data file in a user-specified format. The bcp utility can be used to import large numbers of new rows into SQL Server tables or to export data out of tables into data files.
Install the tools for macOS El Capitan and Sierra
/usr/bin/ruby -e “$(curl - fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” brew tap microsoft/mssql-release https://github.com/Microsoft/homebrew-mssql-release brew update brew install --no-sandbox msodbcsql mssql-tools #for silent install ACCEPT_EULA=y brew install --no-sandbox msodbcsql mssql-tools
Get started
SQLCMD
sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P <your_password> -Q “<your_query>”
BCP bcp <your table>in ~/test_data.txt -S localhost -U sa -P <your password>-d<your database> -c -t ‘,’ bcp <your table>out ~/test_export.txt -S localhost -U sa -P<your password> -d<your database> -c -t ‘,’
For more information, check out some examples for sqlcmd and bcp.
Please file bugs, questions or issues on our Issues page. We welcome contributions, questions and issues of any kind.
