mdb-export.txt

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

SYNOPSIS
  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

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.

  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.
  -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
  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-header(1) mdb-hexdump(1)
  mdb-import(1) mdb-json(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-queries(1)
  mdb-schema(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-ver(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.