mdb-header1

Usage

Overview

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:

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debug_like

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debug_write

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debug_usage

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debug_ole

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debug_row

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debug_props

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debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options

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no_memo (deprecated; has no effect)

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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.