Recalling and reissuing commands

Use the ? command to recall and reissue a command from the command history.

? n | ??

• n – when n is positive, isql looks for the command labeled with the number n and loads this to the command buffer. When n is negative, isql loads the nth most recent command issued.

• ?? – recalls the latest command issued and is equivalent to ? -1.

In this sample command history used for examples 1 and 2, [1] tags the oldest command issued and [3] tags the most recent command issued:

[1] select @@version
[2] select db_name
[3] select @@servername

1> ? 1

1> select @@version
2>

1> ? -1

1> select @@servername
2>

• When a command is recalled from history, the recalled command overwrites the command in the command buffer.

• You can edit a recalled command before resubmitting the command to the server.