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:

debug_like
debug_write
debug_usage
debug_ole
debug_row
debug_props
debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options
no_memo (deprecated; has no effect)
use_index (experimental; requires libmswstr)

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.