catsql 0.2.4

Display quick view from sql databases

catsql
======


Quickly display (part of) a database. Thin wrapper around SQLAlchemy.
Pronounced "cat-skill" for some reason.

Installation
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`pip install catsql`

Demo
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Please excuse the uneven pacing :-)


Examples
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* `catsql example.sqlite`
* `catsql postgres://foo:[e-mail]:5432/database`
* `catsql example.sqlite --table users`
* `catsql $DATABASE_URL --table users --edit` - edit your database, I
know, why does `cat` have an editor, there are good^H^H^H^H reasons believe
me.

Usage
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```
usage: catsql [-h] [--count] [--csv] [--edit] [--grep GREP] [--limit LIMIT]
[--load-bookmark] [--safe-null] [--save-bookmark SAVE_BOOKMARK]
[--sql SQL] [--table TABLE] [--terse] [--value VALUE]
[--verbose]
url

Quickly display and edit a slice of a database.

positional arguments:
url Database url or filename. Examples: sqlite:///data.db,
mysql://user:pass@host/db,
postgres[ql]://user:pass@host/db, data.sqlite3

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--count Show row counts instead of actual data.
--csv Output strictly in CSV format.
--edit Edit original table in your favorite editor. Respects
$EDITOR environment variable.
--grep GREP Search cells for occurrence of a text fragment.
Translated to SQL query, performed by database.
--limit LIMIT Maximum number of rows per table.
--load-bookmark Load a set of filters from a file.
--safe-null Encode nulls in a reversible way.
--save-bookmark SAVE_BOOKMARK
Save the current set of filters specified to a file.
--sql SQL Add a SQL filter for rows to include. Examples: "total
< 1000", "name = 'american_bison'". Tables that don't
have the columns mentioned are omitted.
--table TABLE Table to include (defaults to all tables)
--terse Hide any columns with predetermined values.
--value VALUE Add a column=value filter. Translated to SQL,
filtering done by database.
--verbose Show raw SQL queries as they are made.
```

License
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MIT