mdb-import - Man Page
Import CSV data into an MDB database.
Synopsis
mdb-import [-H lines] [-d char] database table csvfile mdb-import -h|--help mdb-import --version
Description
mdb-import is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
It reads a CSV (comma separated value) file and add the data into table of database.
Options
- -H, --header lines
Skip lines of CSV header.
- -d, --delimiter char
Specify an alternative column delimiter. Default is , (comma).
- --version
Print the mdbtools version and exit
Notes
Environment
- MDB_JET3_CHARSET
Defines the charset of the JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
- MDBICONV
Defines the input 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-export(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-hexdump(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-import first appeared in MDB Tools 0.7.
Authors
The mdb-import utility was written by Brian Bruns.
Bugs
mdb-import does not enforce any kind of checks. You can violate constraints.
Referenced By
mdb-array(1), mdb-count(1), mdb-export(1), mdb-header(1), mdb-hexdump(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).