MDB_JET3_CHARSET
Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
mdb-export1
Export data in an mdb database table to csv format.
Usage
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
Overview
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.
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-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
-
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)
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 9 times.
--batch-size since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--boolean-words since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--date-format since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--datetime-format since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--delimiter since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--escape since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--escape-invisible since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--insert since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--namespace since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--no-header since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--no-quote since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--null since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--quote since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--row-delimiter since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--version since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-0 since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-B since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-D since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-I since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-N since Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-R since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-S since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-T since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-X since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-e since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-q since Debian 4.0 (Etch).
-b until Debian 10 (Buster).