Category: Definition

Batch, Batches, Batch processing

The term batch (plural: batches) describes a sequence of Transact-SQL commands. In the same context you can also find the term batch processing. The commands can be entered in an isql-session or saved into a file, which can then be executed in ASE® using isql. Files containing a sequence of T-SQL-commands are called script or rarely also batch file.

Theoretically, a batch can consist of only one command. The term is used for a series though, i.e. one or more commands, which are processed one after the other (sequentially).

Example for a batch:

    select * from sysalternates

    select * from sysusers

    go