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