EXAplus CLI

Install EXAplus on Windows

Procedure

1. Uninstall any existing versions of the EXAplus client.

2. Download the latest version of EXAplus from the Exasol Downloads Portal and run the installer.

3. Once EXAplus is installed, run the application from the Windows Start menu.

   You can also open a command line shell (cmd or PowerShell) and run the exaplusx64.exe executable from the EXAplus installation directory. The default location is C:\Program Files\Exasol\EXAplus.

   When starting EXAplus from the command line, you can provide additional parameters to select different options when connecting to the database. To see all the available command-line parameters, use exaplusx64.exe -help.

4. Enter the database name, the username and password, and the connection string for the database. If the connection uses a TLS certificate and a valid certification path is not found, include the certificate fingerprint in the connection string.

   Example:

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   PS C:\Program Files\Exasol\EXAplus> .\exaplusx64.exe
   EXAplus 25.2.5 (c) EXASOL AG
   
   Database (Exasol): Exasol
   User (username): sys
   Password: ******
   Connection String (localhost:8563): 203.0.113.10/<fingerprint>:8563

   You can also run the JAR executable file directly from the command line using java -jar exaplus.jar. In this case the connection string and any command line parameters must be added after the JAR file path.

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   java -jar exaplus.jar -c <hostname><fingerprint>:8563 -u <user> -P <password>

Install EXAplus on Linux/macOS/FreeBSD

Prerequisites

• The Exasol database must be reachable from the system that is running EXAplus.

• Java 8 or higher must be installed and the java executable must be included in the path.

• For correct formatting of special Unicode characters, such as CJK characters, a font that is capable of displaying those characters must be installed on your Windows system.
  

• To input Japanese characters using SCIM, we recommend installing SCIM version 1.4.7 or later. Scim-Anthy for Japanese character support should be version 1.2.4 or later.

Procedure

1. Download the latest version of EXAplus for Linux from the Exasol Downloads Portal.

2. Use tar -xzf <filename> to extract the downloaded archive.

3. Change into the directory where the EXAplus files were extracted.

4. Enter the connection details to connect to Exasol database. If the connection uses a TLS certificate and a valid certification path is not found, include the certificate fingerprint in the connection string.

Example:

tar -xzf EXAplus-25.2.5.tar.gz
cd EXAplus-25.2.5
./exaplus -c 203.0.113.10/<fingerprint>:8563 -u <username> -p <password>

You can provide additional parameters with the exaplus command to select different options when connecting to the database. To see all the available command-line parameters, use exaplus -help.

How to use EXAplus

After successfully connecting to the database, an interactive session is started where you can send SQL commands or EXAplus commands to the database. Result tables will be displayed as text.

When using some command-line options, such as -f, an interactive session will not be started. See

Example:

EXAplus 25.2.5 (c) EXASOL AG

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 7:07:09 PM Central European Standard Time
Connected to database Exasol as user sys.
EXASolution 2025.1.4 (c) EXASOL AG

SQL_EXA>
SQL_EXA> select * from exa_syscat;
EXA: select * from exa_syscat;

SCHEMA_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------
OBJECT_NAME                                                    OBJECT_TYPE
-------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------
OBJECT_COMMENT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS
EXA_SQL_KEYWORDS                                               TABLE
This system table contains all SQL keywords in EXASolution.
SYS
EXA_SPATIAL_REF_SYS                                            TABLE
List of supported spatial reference systems.
SYS
EXA_DBA_SCHEMAS                                                TABLE
This system table lists all the schemas of the database.

Usage notes

• To exit EXAplus, use the commands EXIT or QUIT.
• All commands except EXIT and QUIT have to end with a semicolon ; except function and script definitions, which must be finished by a forward slash (/) on a new line.
• To abort multi-line commands, use CTRL-T.
• You can use the TAB key for autocompletion of some commands.
• To view the command history, use the up/down arrow keys.