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# `incus admin sql`

Execute a SQL query against the local or global database

## Synopsis
```{line-block}

Description:
  Execute a SQL query against the local or global database

    The local database is specific to the cluster member you target the
    command to, and contains member-specific data (such as the member network
    address).

    The global database is common to all members in the cluster, and contains
    cluster-specific data (such as profiles, containers, etc).

    If you are running a non-clustered server, the same applies, as that
    instance is effectively a single-member cluster.

    If <query> is the special value "-", then the query is read from
    standard input.

    If <query> is the special value ".dump", the command returns a SQL text
    dump of the given database.

    If <query> is the special value ".schema", the command returns the SQL
    text schema of the given database.

    This internal command is mostly useful for debugging and disaster
    recovery. The development team will occasionally provide hotfixes to users as a
    set of database queries to fix some data inconsistency.



```
```
incus admin sql <local|global> <query> [flags]
```

## Options

```
  -f, --format   Format (csv|json|table|yaml|compact), use suffix ",noheader" to disable headers and ",header" to enable it if missing, e.g. csv,header (default "table")
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --debug          Show all debug messages
      --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
  -h, --help           Print help
      --project        Override the source project
  -q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
      --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
  -v, --verbose        Show all information messages
      --version        Print version number
```

## SEE ALSO

* [incus admin](incus_admin.md)	 - Manage incus daemon