NAME

mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.

SYNOPSIS

mdb-export [-H] [-d delim] [-R delim] [[-Q] | [-q char [-X char]]] [-I backend] [-D fmt] [-N prefix] [-b strip|raw|octal] database table
mdb-export -h|--help

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.

OPTIONS

-H, --no-header

Suppress header row.

-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.

-d, --delimiter delim

Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma).

-R, --row-delimiter delim

Specify a row delimiter. Default is 0(ASCII value 10).

-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.

-D, --date-format fmt

Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details).

-q, --quote char

Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote).

-X, --escape char

Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.

-N, --namespace prefix

Prefix identifiers with prefix.

-b, --bin strip|raw|octal

Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, or output style octal data.

NOTES

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

semi-column separated list of options:

SEE ALSO

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

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.