Thursday, 2 July 2009
Fun when running DB2 CLP scripts
Having spent some time with DB2 and Linux recently, I hit a problem today whereby I was attempting to execute a SQL script from the DB2 command line ( CLP ) using the command: -
db2 -tvf createDb.sql
This worked perfectly for five out of six databases. However, the sixth database did not create, and I noticed that the script ran through rather too quickly ( even for my blindingly fast VMware ESX / Red Hat environment ).
When I looked at the output from the command, I saw: -
SQL0104N An unexpected token "CONNECT" was found following "<identifier>".
Expected tokens may include: "RESTRICTIVE". SQLSTATE=42601
B21034E The command was processed as an SQL statement because it was not a
valid Command Line Processor command. During SQL processing it returned:
etc.
When I dug into the script ( createDb.sql ), I noticed that the commands were, for some strange reason, separated by the AT (@) character than, as I'd normally expect, the semi-colon (;) character.
Rather than hacking the script, my guru/colleague, RobT, showed me how to override the DB2 -tvf command to force it to use a different separator, as follows: -
db2 -td@ -vf createDb.sql
which did the trick.
Easy when you know, or know someone who knows how :-)
# posted by Dave Hay : 16:46
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
