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6 mdb-schema - Generate schema creation DDL
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9 mdb-schema [-N <namespace>] [-S] [-T <table>] <database> [<backend>]
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12 mdb-schema is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.
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14 It produces DDL (data definition language) output for the given data‐
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19 -N Prefix identifiers with namespace
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21 -S Sanitize names (replace spaces etc. with underscore)
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23 -T Single table option. Create schema for this table only.
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32 mdb-schema first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1
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35 The mdb-schema utility was written by Brian Bruns
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38 Relationships and other features may not be supported by all databases.
39 Access datatypes are mapped to their closest counterparts in the target
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