NAME mdb-export - Export data in an MDB database table to CSV format. SYNOPSIS mdb-export [-H] [-d delim] [-R delim] [[-Q] | [-q char [-X char]]] [-I backend] [-D fmt] [-N prefix] [-b strip|raw|octal] database table mdb-export -h|--help 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. OPTIONS -H, --no-header Suppress header row. -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. -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). -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. -D, --date-format fmt Set the date format (see strftime(3) for details). -q, --quote char Use to wrap text-like fields. Default is " (double quote). -X, --escape char Use to escape quoted characters within a field. Default is doubling. -N, --namespace prefix Prefix identifiers with prefix. -b, --bin strip|raw|octal Binary export mode: strip binaries, export as-is, or output \ooo style octal data. 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 semi-column separated list of options: * use_index * no_memo * debug_like * debug_write * debug_usage * debug_ole * debug_row * debug_props * debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options SEE ALSO gmdb2(1) mdb-hexdump(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-sql(1) mdb-ver(1) mdb-array(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-schema(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-import(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.