I am trying to use a program called ODBCVIEW to query a database from the command line, and write it to text file. The instructions look easy, But I am illiterate to translating command line syntax.
I am not sure if I use the ">" , "[", etc... or if I leave them out. Can some one show me exactly how the finished code is supposed to look (in laymans)...

The program I am using to query the DB is called ODBCVIEW. Here is a link to the page with the syntax(located at the bottom) - http://www.slik.co.nz/HTML_help/odbc_view.htm

...and I have also pasted it below:

-COPIED FROM WEBSITE:
ODBCView also supports a non-interactive command line mode to execute a query and save the results to a text file. The syntax is as follows:

ODBCView.exe <DSN=DataSourceName;UID=User;PWD=Password> [<SQLScript.sql>] [<OutputFile.htm|csv|txt>]

Where:

DataSource
The desired datasource name.

UID
An optional user name to logon to the database

PWD
An optional user password

SQLScript
The query to execute.

OutputFile
The path to the output file. The files extension determines the format. Use htm or html to HTML, csv for CSV.

If you are only trying to query a database and write the results to a file, better try WinSQL.

Just what I was looking for!

I'm installing it now - Does it have a 'command-line' mode?