---
name: "hsqldb-sqltool"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hsqldb-utils"
version: "2.7.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hsqldb-sqltool"
---

# hsqldb-sqltool(1)

JDBC database console frontend

## NAME

hsqldb-sqltool - JDBC database console frontend

## SYNOPSIS

**hsqldb-sqltool** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The main purpose of **hsqldb-sqltool** is to read your SQL text file or stdin, and execute the SQL commands therein against a JDBC database. There are also a great number of features to facilitate both interactive use (such as command-line editing and aliases) and automation (such as scripting variables and SQL transaction control and error handling).

Please see the documentation at */usr/share/doc/libhsqldb-java-doc/guide/ch08.html* for more information.

## OPTIONS

**--help** show a brief help

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Peter Eisentraut for the Debian project.