Release v0.7.0 fixes issues with syntax highlighting, initial support for Cassandra databases via CQL, and general code cleanup. The major changes:

• Cassandra (CQL) support
• Syntax highlighting fixes
• Added -v / --set command line parameter (compatibility with psql)
• Added "batch query" support for databases (ql + cql)
• Fixed issues with query prefix detection / parsing
• Switched from dep to vgo for dependency management

To install using the binary release:

• Download the archive (.zip or .bz2) for your platform (Windows, OSX, Linux)
• Extract usql from the downloaded archive and place somewhere in $PATH

To install on OSX via Homebrew:

# add tap
$ brew tap xo/xo

# install usql with "most" drivers
$ brew install usql

# install usql with oracle and odbc support
$ brew install --with-oracle --with-odbc usql

Release v0.6.0 has some minor feature additions (syntax highlighting), and general code cleanup. A list of the major changes:

• Syntax highlighting
• Better compatibility with psql commands
• Homebrew support

To install on OSX via Homebrew:

# add tap
$ brew tap xo/xo

# install usql with "most" drivers
$ brew install usql

# install usql with oracle and odbc support
$ brew install --with-oracle --with-odbc usql

Compatibility fixes! Now almost equal to psql for the major features (variables, passwords, etc), and some major code organization/documentation overhauls. Included in this release:

• Variables working
• Parameters to backslash commands now correctly evaluated
• Added \password command (for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server drivers)
• Added \set, \unset, \prompt commands for working with variables
• Fixed \gset and \gexec commands
• Fixed \! command
• Added -1 / --single-transaction command line option
• Added \begin, \commit and \rollback commands for working with transactions
• Fixed logic for ~ in paths
• Added support for a .usqlpass file, similar to PostgreSQL's .pgpass. Please see contrib/usqlpass for example file
• Various code and documentation cleanup
• Minor logic/bug fixes for command execution

Plus more. Stay tuned for more -- Google Spanner is coming Very Soon™