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dbf2sql(1L) dbf2sql(1L)
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NAME
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dbf2sql - Insert xBase-style .dbf-files into a Post-
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greSQL-table
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SYNOPSIS
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"dbf2pg [options] dbf-file"
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Options:
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[-v[v]] [-f] [-u | -l] [-c | -D] [-d database] [-t table]
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[-h host] [-s oldname=newname[,oldname=newname]] [-s
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start] [-e end] [-W] [-U username] [-B transaction_size]
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[-F charset_from [-T charset_to]]
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DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents the program dbf2pg. It takes
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an xBase-style .dbf-file, and inserts it into the speci-
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fied database and table.
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OPTIONS
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-v Display some status-messages.
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-vv Also display progress.
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-f Convert all field-names from the .dbf-file to low-
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ercase.
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-u Convert the contents of all fields to uppercase.
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-l Convert the contents of all fields to lowercase.
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-c Create the table specified with -t. If this table
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already exists, first DROP it.
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-D Delete the contents of the table specified with -t.
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Note that this table has to exists. An error is
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returned if this is not the case.
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-W Ask for password.
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-d database
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Specify the database to use. An error is returned
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if this database does not exists. Default is
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"test".
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-t table
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Specify the table to insert in. An error is
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returned if this table does not exists. Default is
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"test".
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-h host
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Specify the host to which to connect. Default is
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"localhost".
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dbf2sql(1L) dbf2sql(1L)
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-s oldname=newname[,oldname=newname]
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Change the name of a field from oldname to newname.
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This is mainly used to avoid using reserved SQL-
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keywords. Example:
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-s SELECT=SEL,COMMIT=doit
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This is done before the -f operator has taken
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effect!
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-s start
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Specify the first record-number in the xBase-file
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we will insert.
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-e end Specify the last record-number in the xBase-file we
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will insert.
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-B transaction_size
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Specify the number of records per transaction,
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default is all records.
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-U username
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Log as the specified user in the database.
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-F charset_from
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If specified, it converts the data from the speci-
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fied charset. Example:
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-F IBM437
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Consult your system documentation to see the con-
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versions available. This requires iconv to be enabled
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in the compile.
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-T charset_to
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Together with -F charset_from , it converts the
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data to the specified charset. Default is
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"ISO-8859-1". This requires iconv to be enabled
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in the compile.
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ENVIRONMENT
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This program is affected by the environment-variables as
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used by "PostgresSQL." See the documentation of Post-
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gresSQL for more info. This program can optionally use iconv
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character set conversion routines.
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BUGS
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Fields larger than 8192 characters are not supported and
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could break the program.
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Some charset convertions could cause the output to be
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larger than the input and could break the program.
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