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mdb-export(1) Executable programs or shell commands mdb-export(1)

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

Suppress header row.
Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma).
Specify a row delimiter. Default is \n (ASCII value 10).
Don't wrap text-like fields (text, memo, date) in quotes. If not specified text fiels will be surrounded by " (double quote) characters.
Use char to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote).
Use char to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling.
Use C-style escaping for return (\r), tab (\t), line-feed (\n), and back-slash (\\) characters. Default is to leave as they are.
INSERT statements (instead of CSV). You must specify which SQL backend dialect to use. Allowed values are: access, sybase, oracle, postgres, mysql and sqlite.
Prefix identifiers with prefix.
Size of insert batches on supported platforms.
Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details.
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.
Use TRUE/FALSE in Boolean fields (default is 0/1).
Print the mdbtools version and exit.

NOTES

Most of the formatting options actually also works with --insert.

ENVIRONMENT

Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
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.

04 January 2022 MDBTools 1.0.0