mdb-header(1) Write header file from an MDB database

SYNOPSIS

mdb-header [database]

DESCRIPTION

mdb-header is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

It will dump the names and types of the tables and columns in an MDB database in a C header format.

It will create three files - types.h and dumptypes.[ch]

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. 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

EXIT STATUS

mdb-header exits with error code 1 if there was anunsupported type.

AUTHORS

The mdb-header utility was written by Brian Bruns.

BUGS

Only a few types are currently supported.