mdbtools/doc/mdb-import.txt

NAME
  mdb-import - 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.