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NAME

6       mdb-schema - Generate schema creation DDL
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SYNOPSIS

9       mdb-schema [-N <namespace>] [-S] [-T <table>] <database> [<backend>]
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DESCRIPTION

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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OPTIONS

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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26              Specifies  target  DDL  dialect.  Supported  values  are access,
27              sybase, oracle, and postgres. If not specified the generated DDL
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NOTES

HISTORY

32       mdb-schema first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1
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AUTHORS

35       The mdb-schema utility was written by Brian Bruns
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BUGS

38       Relationships and other features may not be supported by all databases.
39       Access datatypes are mapped to their closest counterparts in the target
40       backend. This may not always yield an exact fit.
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