mdb-json(1)
| mdb-json(1) | Executable programs or shell commands | mdb-json(1) |
NAME
mdb-json - Export data in an MDB database table to JSON.
SYNOPSIS
mdb-json [-D fmt] [-T fmt] [-U] database table mdb-json -h|--help mdb-json --version
DESCRIPTION
mdb-json is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It produces JSON output for the given table. Such output is suitable for parsing in a variety of languages.
OPTIONS
- -D, --date-format fmt
- Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details).
- -T, --time-format fmt
- Set the date/time format (see strftime(3) for details).
- -U, --no-unprintable
- Change unprintable characters to spaces (otherwise escaped as \u00XX).
- --version
- Print the mdbtools version and exit.
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
- 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)
SEE ALSO
mdb-array(1) mdb-count(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-import(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-queries(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-ver(1)
HISTORY
mdb-json first appeared in MDB Tools 0.9.
AUTHORS
The mdb-json utility was written by Ugo Di Girolamo. It is based on mdb-export(1).
| 27 June 2026 | MDBTools 1.0.1 |