NAME

mdb-header - Write header file from an MDB database

SYNOPSIS

mdb-header [database]

DESCRIPTION

mdb-header is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

It will dump the names and types of the tables and columns in an MDB database in a C header format.

It will create three files - types.h and dumptypes.[ch]

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. 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)

EXIT STATUS

mdb-header exits with error code 1 if there was anunsupported type.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

mdb-header is deprecated. Soon, it will no longer be distributed.

It is the feeling of developers that it is not used, as C code generation is now usually replaced by more generic approaches, including libmdb calls and odbc.

However, should you find this tool useful, drop us a line at https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools/issues/197 and we'll consider maintaining it.

AUTHORS

The mdb-header utility was written by Brian Bruns.

BUGS

Only a few types are currently supported.