db2 command line help for UDB v8.2 Linux

[Bob Stearns]

I am trying to script a manual operation using DB2's command line.
Simple commands are working, but the command entered below displays a
"db2 (cont.) =>" prompt, then fails on any input? I'm missing something
obvious, but I don't see it.

P.S. There are no trailing spaces.

db2 'load \
from AAA_Auto.TAB of del \
modified by dateformat=\"m/d/yyyy\" coldel0x09 \
method p ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, \
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, \
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, \
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, \
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, \
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, \
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, \
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, \
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, \
90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, \
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, \
110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 \
) \
messages AAA_Auto.messag es \
replace \
into nullid.AAA_Auto _in \
nonrecoverable \
without prompting '

[The Boss]

Re: db2 command line help for UDB v8.2 Linux

Bob Stearns wrote:

I am trying to script a manual operation using DB2's command line.
Simple commands are working, but the command entered below displays a
"db2 (cont.) =>" prompt, then fails on any input? I'm missing
something obvious, but I don't see it.
>
P.S. There are no trailing spaces.
>
db2 'load \
from AAA_Auto.TAB of del \
modified by dateformat=\"m/d/yyyy\" coldel0x09 \
method p ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, \
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, \
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, \
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, \
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, \
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, \
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, \
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, \
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, \
90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, \
100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, \
110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 \
) \
messages AAA_Auto.messag es \
replace \
into nullid.AAA_Auto _in \
nonrecoverable \
without prompting '

I guess it has to do with the use of single and double quotes.
Try this:
1) Replace the single quotes surrounding the load statement by double quotes
and
2) Add surrounding single quotes to the value part of dateformat=... like
this:
dateformat='\"m/d/yyyy\"'

HTH.

--
Jeroen

[Bob Stearns]

Re: db2 command line help for UDB v8.2 Linux

The Boss wrote:

Bob Stearns wrote:
>

>>I am trying to script a manual operation using DB2's command line.
>>Simple commands are working, but the command entered below displays a
>>"db2 (cont.) =>" prompt, then fails on any input? I'm missing
>>something obvious, but I don't see it.
>>
>>P.S. There are no trailing spaces.
>>
>>db2 'load \
> from AAA_Auto.TAB of del \
> modified by dateformat=\"m/d/yyyy\" coldel0x09 \
> method p ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, \
> 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, \
> 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, \
> 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, \
> 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, \
> 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, \
> 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, \
> 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, \
> 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, \
> 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, \
> 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, \
> 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 \
> ) \
> messages AAA_Auto.messag es \
> replace \
> into nullid.AAA_Auto _in \
> nonrecoverable \
> without prompting '

>
>
I guess it has to do with the use of single and double quotes.
Try this:
1) Replace the single quotes surrounding the load statement by double quotes
and
2) Add surrounding single quotes to the value part of dateformat=... like
this:
dateformat='\"m/d/yyyy\"'
>
HTH.
>

That fixed it. Apparently I don't understand *IX command quoting rules
as well as I thought!

[The Boss]

Re: db2 command line help for UDB v8.2 Linux

Bob Stearns wrote:

The Boss wrote:
>

>Bob Stearns wrote:
>>

>>I am trying to script a manual operation using DB2's command line.
>>Simple commands are working, but the command entered below displays
>>a "db2 (cont.) =>" prompt, then fails on any input? I'm missing
>>something obvious, but I don't see it.
>>>
>>P.S. There are no trailing spaces.
>>>
>>db2 'load \
>> from AAA_Auto.TAB of del \
>> modified by dateformat=\"m/d/yyyy\" coldel0x09 \
>> method p ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, \
>> 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, \
>> 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, \
>> 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, \
>> 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, \
>> 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, \
>> 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, \
>> 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, \
>> 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, \
>> 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, \
>> 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, \
>> 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 \
>> ) \
>> messages AAA_Auto.messag es \
>> replace \
>> into nullid.AAA_Auto _in \
>> nonrecoverable \
>> without prompting '

>>
>>
>I guess it has to do with the use of single and double quotes.
>Try this:
>1) Replace the single quotes surrounding the load statement by
>double quotes and
>2) Add surrounding single quotes to the value part of dateformat=...
>like this:
> dateformat='\"m/d/yyyy\"'
>>
>HTH.
>>

That fixed it. Apparently I don't understand *IX command quoting rules
as well as I thought!

It's not my favourite topic either, so I am glad it did work :-)
Thanks for the feedback.

--
Jeroen