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This is mdbtools version 0.4
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2002-04-15 07:35:39 +08:00
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Welcome to the exciting world of MDB Tools! In short, MDB Tools is a set of
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program to help you use Microsoft Access file in various settings. The major
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pieces are:
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. libmdb - the core library that allows access to MDB files programatically.
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. libmdbsql - builds on libmdb to provide a SQL engine (ala Jet)
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. utils - provides command line utilities to list tables, export schema,
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and data, show the version of the files, and other useful stuff.
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. mdb-sql - a command line SQL tool that allows one to type sql queries and
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get results.
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. odbc - An ODBC driver for use with unixODBC driver manager. Allows
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one to use MDB files with PHP for example.
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. gmdb - The GTK MDB File Viewer and debugger. Still alpha, but making
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great progress.
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2002-04-04 07:02:53 +08:00
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If you are interested in helping, read the HACKING file for a description of
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where the code stands and what has been gleened of the file format.
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The initial goal of these tools is to be able to extract data structures and
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data from mdb files. This goal will of course expand over time as the file
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format becomes more well understood.
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2000-03-19 21:57:08 +08:00
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Files in libmdb are licensed under LGPL and the utilities under the GPL, see
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COPYING.LIB and COPYING files respectively.
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2001-04-02 06:10:15 +08:00
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To install see the INSTALL file
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2000-03-05 01:31:07 +08:00
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Check out http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net for CVS, mailing list and similar.
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2000-02-13 07:51:37 +08:00
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Brian Bruns
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camber@ais.org
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