gromnitsky / mdb2csv

A cli util for converting MS Access databases (ver 1997-2016) to CSV

mdb2csv

A cli util for converting MS Access databases (ver 1997-2016) to CSV. Uses jackcess lib.

Compilation

Reqs:

• jdk 14
• maven (tested w/ 3.6.3, used for fetching deps only)
• npm i -g adieu

Run make bundle. Expected result: target/mdb2csv-x.y.z.jar.

Usage

$ java -jar mdb2csv-0.0.1.jar
usage: mdb2csv file.mdb [table] [-a] [-p <arg>]
 -a         print linked tables too
 -p <arg>   password

List all tables:

$ java -jar mdb2csv-0.0.1.jar -a jet4.mdb
AttributeValues
Calendar
...

Print a csv:

$ java -jar mdb2csv-0.0.1.jar jet4.mdb Users
Name,FirstName,LastName,Birthday,Gender
Guest,Guest,Guest,Sat Dec 30 00:00:00 EET 1899,0
Creator,The,Creator,Sat Dec 30 00:00:00 EET 1899,0
...

Export all tables from a db:

(IFS=$'\n'; for t in `java -jar mdb2csv-0.0.1.jar jet4.mdb`; do
  echo $t; java -jar mdb2csv-0.0.1.jar jet4.mdb "$t" > "table.$t.csv";
done)

See also

Why Java Sucks.

License

MIT.