HSQLDB

LSC provides HSLQDB library and a utility script that allow to use this database to store temporary synchronization data, for example to use a CSV file as a source.

LSC provides a wrapper to manage the packaged HSQLDB database, it is located in the LSC bin directory and is named hsqldb.

You can execute it to see the possible options:

$ bin/hsqldb 
 
 bin/hsqldb [<option>]
 
 One option from available options is:
   --import <file> [<table>] [<separator>]    Import data from CSV file
   --drop [<table>]   Drop data
   --show [<table>]   Show data from database
   --start   Start the server
   --stop    Stop the server
   --status  Display server status
   --help    Print informations

Start HSQLB will the following command:

$ bin/hsqldb --start

You can then check the status:

$ bin/hsqldb --status
HSQLDB Server is running (PID 7020)

To stop it:

$ bin/hsqldb --stop

By default, your HSQLDB database is empty. You can load the data with this command:

$ bin/hsqldb --import tutorial.csv 
1 lines imported into table csvdata

$ bin/hsqldb --import tutorial.csv tutorial
1 lines imported into table tutorial

You can then display imported data:

$ bin/hsqldb --show
UID   SN   GIVENNAME  CN        MAIL
----  ---  ---------  --------  ----------------
jdoe  Doe  John       John Doe  jdoe@example.com

You can remove data by dropping a table:

$ bin/hsqldb --drop

You can run SQL queries on HSQLDB database :

# Generic (see lsc-sample in doc)
$ "${JAVA_COMMAND}" -jar "$HSQLDB_LIB" --rcFile "$HSQLDB_RC" --sql "YOUR_SQL_QUERY" lscdb
 
# Debian
$ java -jar /usr/lib/lsc/hsqldb-VERSION.jar --rcFile /var/lsc/hsqldb/hsqldb.rc --sql 'YOUR_SQL_QUERY' lscdb