ASA SQL User's Guide
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    Running SQL command files

Executing command files

You can execute command files in the following ways:

• You can use the Interactive SQL READ command to execute command files.

  The following statement executes the file temp.sql:

  READ temp.sql

  For more information, see READ statement [Interactive SQL].

• You can load a command file into the SQL Statements pane and execute it directly from there.

  You load command files back into the SQL Statements pane by choosing File > Open. Enter temp.sql when prompted for the file name.

  On Windows platforms you can make Interactive SQL the default editor for .SQL files so that you can double-click the file and it appears in the SQL Statements pane of Interactive SQL.

  For more information about making Interactive SQL the default editor for .SQL files, see Options dialog: General tab.

• You can supply a command file as a command-line argument for Interactive SQL.