mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.
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Bugs
Memo fields are allowed to contain a newline characters, the current program does nothing about this.
MDBTools 1.0.1 05 January 2025 mdb-export(1)
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.
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)
History
mdb-export first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.
Name
mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format.
Notes
Most of the formatting options actually also works with --insert.
Options
-H,--no-header
Suppress header row.
-d,--delimiterdelim
Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma).
-R,--row-delimiterdelim
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,--quotechar
Use char to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote).
-X,--escapechar
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,--insertbackend
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,--namespaceprefix
Prefix identifiers with prefix.
-S,--batch-sizeint
Size of insert batches on supported platforms.
-D,--date-formatfmt
Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details.
-T,--datetime-formatfmt
Set the date/time format (see strftime(3) for details.
-0,--nullchar
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.
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)
Synopsis
mdb-export [--no-header] [--delimiterdelim] [--row-delimiterdelim] [[--no-quote] | [--quotechar [--escapechar]]] [--escape-invisible] [--date-formatfmt] [--datetime-formatfmt] [--bin strip|raw|octal|hex] [--boolean-words] databasetablemdb-export--insertbackend [--namespaceprefix] [--batch-sizeint] databasetablemdb-export-h|--helpmdb-export--version
