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<a href="#license">1.4 What license is MDB Tools under</a>
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<a href="#roadmap">1.5 Is there a road map</a>
<a href="#versions">1.5 What Jet Databases does MDB Tools support?</a>
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<a href="#install">1.6 How do I install</a>
<a href="#roadmap">1.6 Is there a road map</a>
</dd><dd>
<a href="#bug">1.7 I've found a bug</a>
<a href="#install">1.7 How do I install</a>
</dd><dd>
<a href="#help">1.8 How do I help?</a>
<a href="#bug">1.8 I've found a bug</a>
</dd><dd>
<a href="#help">1.9 How do I help?</a>
</dd><dd>
<a href="#help">1.10 What's this postcard thing?</a>
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<h2>General Questions</h2>
<dl><a name="mdb"></a><dt><b>1.1 What is an MDB</b></dt><dd>
MDB databases are files produced by the Microsoft 'Jet' database engine. They are used in a variety of products such as MS Money and MS Project, but most importantly, it is used as the format for Microsoft Access databases.
MDB databases are files produced by the Microsoft 'Jet' database engine. They are used in a variety of Microsoft products such as Money, Project, IIS, and Exchange as well as Accpac's Simply Accounting and Fog Creek's CityDesk, but most importantly, it is used as the format for Microsoft Access databases.
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<dl><a name="what"></a><dt><b>1.2 What does MDB Tools do</b></dt><dd>
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The libraries in MDB Tools (libmdb, libmdbsql, and libmdbodbc) are licensed under the LGPL. The remainder of the software is license under the GPL.
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<dl><a name="roadmap"></a><dt><b>1.5 Is there a roadmap?</b></dt><dd>
<dl><a name="versions"></a><dt><b>1.5 What Jet Databases does MDB Tools support?</b></dt><dd>
MDB Tools supports Jet version 3.0 and 4.0 databases. It does not, and probably never will support Jet 2.0. I'm looking into adding support for MSDE databases, and if anyone wants to send some sample databases in that format, I'd be very interested.
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<dl><a name="roadmap"></a><dt><b>1.6 Is there a roadmap?</b></dt><dd>
<p>Roughly, the plan moving forward looks like this.
<ul>
<li>Add index scan capability to libmdb and the SQL engine with a query plan generator.</li>
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<dl><a name="install"></a><dt><b>1.6 How do I install</b></dt><dd>
<dl><a name="install"></a><dt><b>1.7 How do I install</b></dt><dd>
<p>
Consult the <a href="install/book1.html">installation guide</a> for details.
Consult the <a href="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/install/">installation guide</a> for details.
</p>
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<dl><a name="bug"></a><dt><b>1.7 I've found a bug</b></dt><dd>
<dl><a name="bug"></a><dt><b>1.8 I've found a bug</b></dt><dd>
<p>
Post it to the sourceforge project page so it gets tracked and send a note to the list so we can work it out. I may request details about or a copy of your database. Any database sent will be kept confidential.
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<dl><a name="help"></a><dt><b>1.8 How do I help?</b></dt><dd>
<dl><a name="help"></a><dt><b>1.9 How do I help?</b></dt><dd>
<p>
Join the mailing list, it's very low traffic at the time of this writing.
</p>
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We are currently looking for corrupted Access databases to help with developing recovery tools. If you have them, I will even extract the usable data from them for you for free. ;-)
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<dl><a name="postcards"></a><dt><b>1.10 What's this postcard thing?</b></dt><dd>
I, like many free software others, enjoy getting postcards from where users live. If you're a happy MDB Tools user (or even a disgruntled one, doesn't really matter) and want to drop me a postcard with a picture of the place you live, email <a href="mailto:camber@ais.org">me</a> for my snail-mail address. Come one, you know you want to!
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<bookinfo>
<date>$Date: 2003/01/12 22:59:42 $</date>
<releaseinfo>$Revision: 1.1 $</releaseinfo>
<date>$Date: 2003/01/15 15:16:53 $</date>
<releaseinfo>$Revision: 1.2 $</releaseinfo>
<title><productname>MDB Tools</productname> Installation Guide</title>
<subtitle>A Guide to Installing and Configuring <productname>MDB Tools</productname></subtitle>
<author>
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<para>
A few technical notes. This guide is written in SGML DocBook format, specifications for which are found in the <ulink url="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html">DocBook book</ulink>. It was converted to HTML with <ulink url="http://openjade.sourceforge.net">OpenJade</ulink>.
The document you are reading is version
$Revision: 1.1 $
$Revision: 1.2 $
, dated
$Date: 2003/01/12 22:59:42 $ (CVS control number $Id: install.sgml,v 1.1 2003/01/12 22:59:42 brianb Exp $). The most recent version can be found on the <productname>MDB Tools</productname>
$Date: 2003/01/15 15:16:53 $ (CVS control number $Id: install.sgml,v 1.2 2003/01/15 15:16:53 brianb Exp $). The most recent version can be found on the <productname>MDB Tools</productname>
<ulink url="http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/userguide/">web site</ulink>.
</para>
</preface>
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</row>
<row>
<entry>mdb-schema</entry>
<entry>generate schema DLL for the specified file</entry>
<entry>generate schema DDL for the specified file</entry>
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<row>
<entry>mdb-export</entry>
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LibMDBSQL is an SQL engine which provides a subset of the SQL query language to access MDB databases. It is used with the ODBC driver, by the mdb-sql utility, and by the query window in gmdb2.
</para>
<para>
For a description of the support SQL, see the mdb-sql man page.
For a description of the supported SQL, see the mdb-sql man page.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="libmdbodbc">
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<title>Gmdb2</title>
<para>
Gmdb2 is a graphical interface to the functionality of MDB Tools. Its interface resembles that of access with a tabbed interface to each of the object types in the database (tables, queries, forms, etc...). Additonally, it sports an SQL Query window, and a file debugger useful for developers or anybody interested in examining the dark secrets of the MDB file format.
</para>
<para>
For information on how to use gmdb2, see the manual under the Help menu.
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</sect1>
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