NAME
  mdb-schema - Generate schema creation DDL

SYNOPSIS
  mdb-schema [options] [-T tablename] [-N prefix] database [backend]
  mdb-schema -h|--help

DESCRIPTION
  mdb-schema is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools. 

  It produces DDL (data definition language) output for the given database. This can be passed to another database to create a replica of the original access table format.

OPTIONS
  -T, --table tablename   Single table option.  Create schema for this table only. Default is to export all tables.
  -N, --namespace prefix  Prefix identifiers with namespace.
  --drop-table            Issue DROP TABLE statement.
  --no-drop-table         Don't issue DROP TABLE statement. This is the default.
  --not-null              Issue NOT NULL constraints. This is the default.
  --no-not-null           Don't issue NOT NULL constraints.
  --default-values        Issue DEFAULT values.
  --no-default-values     Don't issue DEFAULT values. This is the default.
  --not-empty             Issue CHECK <> '' constraints.
  --no-not-empty          Don't issue CHECK <> '' constraints. This is the default.
  --comments              Issue COMMENT ON statements with column/table descriptions. This is the default, but it's not supported by all backends.
  --no-comments           Don't issue COMMENT ON statements.
  --indexes               Export INDEXes. This is the default.
  --no-indexes            Don't export INDEXes.
  --relations             Export foreign keys constraints. This is the default.
  --no-relations          Don't export foreign keys constraints.

  backend	Specifies target DDL dialect. Supported values are access, sybase, oracle, postgres, mysql and sqlite. If not specified the generated DDL will be in access format.

ENVIRONMENT
  MDB_JET3_CHARSET    Defines the charset of the input JET3 (access 97) file. Default is CP1252. See iconv(1).
  MDBICONV            Defines the output charset to use for the SQL file. Default is UTF-8. mdbtools must have been compiled with iconv.
  MDBOPTS             semi-column separated list of options:
                      * use_index
                      * no_memo
                      * debug_like
                      * debug_write
                      * debug_usage
                      * debug_ole
                      * debug_row
                      * debug_props
                      * debug_all is a shortcut for all debug_* options

NOTES 

HISTORY
  mdb-schema first appeared in MDB Tools 0.1.

SEE ALSO
  mdb-array(1) mdb-count(1) mdb-export(1) mdb-header(1) mdb-hexdump(1)
  mdb-import(1) mdb-json(1) mdb-parsecsv(1) mdb-prop(1) mdb-queries(1)
  mdb-sql(1) mdb-tables(1) mdb-ver(1)

AUTHORS
  The mdb-schema utility was written by Brian Bruns and others.

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