missing isql prompt in ntemacs21.3 shell

[Amit Gupta]

I am connecting to Microsoft Sql Server 2000 using isql. When I do this in
the dos shell I get the following:

c:\home\agupta>isql -U sa -P xxx -S abc
1> use pubs
2> go
1> select count(*) from authors
2> go
---------------
23
(1 row affected)

However when I do this from my shell window in nt-emacs21.3 I get the
following:

c:\home\agupta>isql -U sa -P xxx -S abc
use pubs
go
select count(*) from authors
go
1> 2> 1> 2>
---------------
23

As you can see the number prompts are missing. It seems to be buffering
them. Is there any way to fix this?

Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks.

Amit

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi Amit,

Post by Amit Gupta
As you can see the number prompts are missing. It seems to be
buffering them. Is there any way to fix this?

The buffering is done by isql, most likely. Maybe you can turn it
off there.

On Unix, Emacs would tell isql that is should run in interactive mode
by using a pseudo-tty for communication. Windows doesn't have that
concept.

benny