SQLCMD 91.02 README A new version of SQLCMD, version 91.02, has been uploaded to the IIUG Software Repository. It contains one major new feature compared with version 90.02, namely support for JSON format output (but, like XML and HTML, not for JSON as an input format). The output from a SELECT statement and equivalents is presented as a JSON array of objects; each object corresponds to one row of data; each column is presented as a name:value pair. The format is spacious; it uses a line for each row. There's a Perl script 'chksumtool.pl' that can be used to validate that your download is valid. It works with most extant versions of Perl (back to 5.8.9) without any extra modules. Example usage (run in the directory where the source code is extracted): perl chksumtool.pl -v -s sqlcmd-91.02.sum -d sqlcmd-91.02.sha It should report OK; if it doesn't, something got corrupted. The .sum and .sha files have been distributed for quite a long time, but the chksumtool.pl script was not included, which limits their value. You can find checksums for SQLCMD 91.02 at http://ww.publictimestamp.org PTS#1328066 sqlcmd-91.02.sum PTS#1328051 sqlcmd-91.02.tgz SHA-256 7b4152f8a18c88e193820da5696ff7318118f24cb69116fbb097c2e6e90e60f2 97 sqlcmd-91.02.sum SHA-256 4463ce5d8cfaad65283c66c66f367bb89f9aaac53869e1246e74d768b996b3e7 501964 sqlcmd-91.02.tgz The second number is the file size (97 bytes, and almost half a megabyte). See the ChangeLog for more details. 2018-10-29 Jonathan Leffler