NAME

mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.

SYNOPSIS

mdb-export [-H] [-d delimiter] [-R row_delim] [[-Q] | [-q quote [-X escape]]] [-I backend] [-D format] [-N namespace] [-b strip|raw|octal] database table

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.

OPTIONS

-H

Suppress header row

-Q

Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) characters.

-d

Specify an alternative column delimiter If no delimiter is specified, table names will be delimited by a , (comma) character.

-R

Specify a row delimiter

-I 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.

-D

Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details)

-q

Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is ".

-X

Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.

-N namespace

Prefix identifiers with namespace.

-b strip|raw|octal

Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, or output style octal data.

NOTES

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

semi-column separated list of options:

SEE ALSO

gmdb2(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-tables(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.