schimmi62 schrieb:

> Thanks Frank for your answer. I almost felt abandoned ;-)

I think that most of the interactive tasks are done with gui-tools
nowadays, so it is a problem that most people on this list aren't aware of.

> Where can I find an isql that is not editline-enabled?

I usually compile my own :-)

> BTW. What does it mean, editline-enabled?

No line editing and no command-line history.

> Are there any drawbacks to use an isql, which is not editline-enabled?

see above.

> The solution I found so far, is to write a simple scriptfile with all
> the inserts and updates and then run the scrip with input within isql.

If you can live with this workaround it's ok, otherwise I could offer a
modified isql without line-editing features.

Frank

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