[PLUG] mdbtools

Robert Citek robert.citek at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 02:45:05 UTC 2008


On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Carlos Konstanski
<ckonstanski at pippiandcarlos.com> wrote:
> I'm considering going the route of exporting the data into a text file dump, and
> then importing it into a more usable database.  This seems to be quite doable
> with the basic tools.

I haven't used mdbtools in a while (a year or so?).  IIRC, you may
need to be careful with embedded end-of-line characters when you dump
to a text file.  Also, I have a vague memory of where clauses not
being honored.  That is, you can write "... where foo=10", but it will
simply ignore it.

But other than a few quirks which had some easy workarounds and may be
fixed by now, the mdbtools worked great for my needs.

Good luck and let us know how it works for you.

Regards,
- Robert



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