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How to get help in NZSQL:

There is help built into nzsql. When you run nzsql, you see, Welcome to nzsql, the Netezza SQL interactive

terminal.

Type: \h For help with SQL commands

\? For help on internal slash commands\g or terminate with semicolon to Execute query

\q quit

If you type \h for help, it gives you a quick list of available commands for help:

system(admin)=> \h

Available help:

ALTER AGGREGATE CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW GENERATE STATISTICS

ALTER CATEGORY CREATE SECURITY LEVEL GRANT

ALTER COHORT CREATE SEQUENCE INSERT

ALTER DATABASE CREATE SYNONYM RESET

ALTER FUNCTION CREATE TABLE REVERTALTER GROUP CREATE TABLE AS REVOKE

ALTER HISTORY CONFIGURATION CREATE USER ROLLBACK

ALTER PROCEDURE CREATE VIEW SELECT

ALTER KEYSTORE DELETE SET

ALTER SECURITY LEVEL DROP AGGREGATE SET AUTHENTICATION

ALTER SEQUENCE DROP CATEGORY SET CONNECTION

ALTER SESSION DROP COHORT SET HISTORY CONFIGURATION

ALTER SYNONYM DROP CONNECTION SET SESSION

ALTER TABLE DROP CRYPTO KEY SET SYSTEM DEFAULT

ALTER USER DROP DATABASE SET TRANSACTION

ALTER VIEW DROP FUNCTION SHOW

BEGIN DROP GROUP SHOW AGGREGATE

CALL DROP HISTORY CONFIGURATION SHOW AUTHENTICATION

COMMENT DROP PROCEDURE SHOW CATEGORY

COMMIT DROP KEYSTORE SHOW COHORT

CREATE AGGREGATE DROP SECURITY LEVEL SHOW CONNECTION

CREATE CATEGORY DROP SEQUENCE SHOW CRYPTO KEY

CREATE COHORT DROP SYNONYM SHOW FUNCTION

CREATE CRYPTO KEY DROP TABLE SHOW HISTORY CONFIGURATION

CREATE DATABASE DROP USER SHOW KEYSTORE

CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE DROP VIEW SHOW PROCEDURE

CREATE FUNCTION EXECUTE SHOW SECURITY LEVEL

CREATE GROUP EXECUTE AS SHOW SYSTEM DEFAULT

CREATE HISTORY CONFIGURATION EXECUTE PROCEDURE TRUNCATE

CREATE PROCEDURE EXPLAIN UPDATECREATE KEYSTORE EXTRACT USER

If you type: \? it gives you the quick reference to the "slash commands" available only in nzsql

system(admin)=> \?

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\a toggle between unaligned and aligned mode

\act show current active sessions

\c[onnect] [dbname [user] [password]]

connect to new database (currently 'system')

\C table title

\copy ... perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client machine\d describe table (or view, index, sequence, synonym)

\d{t|v|i|s|e|x} list tables/views/indices/sequences/temp tables/external tables

\d{m|y} list materialized views/synonyms

\dS{t|v|i|s} list system tables/views/indexes/sequences

\dM{t|v|i|s} list system management tables/views/indexes/sequences

\dp list user permissions

\dpu list permissions granted to a user

\dpg list permissions granted to a group

\dgp list grant permissions for a user

\dgpu list grant permissions granted to a user

\dgpg list grant permissions granted to a group

\d{u|U} list users/User Groups

\d{g|G|Gr} list groups/Group Users/Resource Group Users

\da[+] [name] list aggregates, + for additional fields

\dd [object] list comment for object

\df[+] [name] list functions, + for additional fields

\do list operators

\dT list data types

\e [file] edit the current query buffer or [file] with external editor

\echo write text to stdout

\f change field separator

\g [file] send query to backend (and results in [file] or |pipe)

\h [cmd] help on syntax of sql commands, * for all commands

\H toggle HTML mode (currently off)

\i read and execute queries from \l list all databases

\o [file] send all query results to [file], or |pipe

\p show the content of the current query buffer

\pset set table output = {format|border|expanded|fieldsep|

null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager}

\q quit nzsql

\qecho write text to query output stream (see \o)

\r reset (clear) the query buffer

\s [file] print history or save it in [file]

\set set internal variable

\t show only rows (currently off)

\time print time taken by queries

\T HTML table tags

\unset unset (delete) internal variable

\w write current query buffer to a

\x toggle expanded output (currently off)

\! [cmd] shell escape or command