mdb-header (1)

mdb-header [database]

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]

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 semi-column separated list of options:

• use_index

• no_memo

• debug_like

• debug_write

• debug_usage

• debug_ole

• debug_row

• debug_props

• debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options

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

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

The mdb-header utility was written by Brian Bruns.

Only a few types are currently supported.