NAME
mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.
SYNOPSIS
mdb-export
[--no-header] [--delimiter delim]
[--row-delimiter delim] [[--no-quote] |
[--quote char [--escape char]]]
[--escape-invisible] [--date-format
fmt] [--datetime-format fmt]
[--bin strip|raw|octal|hex] [--boolean-words]
database table
mdb-export --insert backend [--namespace
prefix] [--batch-size int] database
table
mdb-export -h|--help
mdb-export --version
DESCRIPTION
mdb-export is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It produces a CSV (comma separated value) output for the given table. Such output is suitable for importation into databases or spreadsheets.
Used with --insert, it outputs SQL specific to backend dialect, including some constraints like NOT NULL and foreign keys.
OPTIONS
-H, --no-header
Suppress header row.
-d, --delimiter delim
Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma).
-R, --row-delimiter delim
Specify a row delimiter. Default is \n (ASCII value 10).
-Q, --no-quote
Don’t wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) characters.
-q, --quote char
Use char to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote).
-X, --escape char
Use char to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.
-e, --escape-invisible
Use C-style escaping for return (\r), tab (\t), line-feed (\n), and back-slash (\\) characters. Default is to leave as they are.
-I, --insert backend
INSERT statements (instead of CSV). You must specify which SQL backend dialect to use. Allowed values are: access, sybase, oracle, postgres, mysql and sqlite.
-N, --namespace prefix
Prefix identifiers with prefix.
-S, --batch-size int
Size of insert batches on supported platforms.
-D, --date-format fmt
Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details.
-T, --datetime-format fmt
Set the date/time format (see strftime(3) for details.
-0, --null char
Use char to represent a NULL value. -b, --bin strip|raw|octal|hex Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, output \ooo style octal data or output \xx style hexadecimal data.
-B, --boolean-words
Use TRUE/FALSE in Boolean fields (default is 0/1).
--version
Print the mdbtools version and exit.
NOTES
Most of the formatting options actually also works with --insert.
ENVIRONMENT
MDB_JET3_CHARSET
Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
MDBICONV
Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
MDBOPTS
Colon-separated list of options:
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debug_like |
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debug_write |
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debug_usage |
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debug_ole |
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debug_row |
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debug_props |
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debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options |
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no_memo (deprecated; has no effect) |
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use_index (experimental; requires libmswstr) |
SEE ALSO
mdb-array(1) mdb-count(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-import(1) mdb-json(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-queries(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-ver(1)
HISTORY
mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.
AUTHORS
The mdb-export utility was written by Brian Bruns.
BUGS
Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current program does nothing about this.