dbf2sql(1L)

NAME
dbf2sql - Insert xBase-style .dbf-files into a PostgreSQL-table

SYNOPSIS
dbf2pg [options] dbf-file
Options:
[-v[v]] [-f] [-u | -l] [-c | -D] [-d database] [-t table] [-h host] [-s oldname=newname[,oldname=newname]] [-s start] [-e end] [-W] [-U username] [-B transaction_size] [-F charset_from [-T charset_to]]

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the program dbf2pg. It takes an xBase-style .dbf-file, and inserts it into the specified database and table.

  OPTIONS

-v  Display some status-messages.

-vv Also display progress.

-f  Convert all field-names from the .dbf-file to lowercase.

-u  Convert the contents of all fields to uppercase.

-l  Convert the contents of all fields to lowercase.

-c  Create the table specified with -t. If this table already exists, first DROP it.

-D  Delete the contents of the table specified with -t. Note that this table has to exists. An error is returned if this is not the case.

-W  Ask for password.

-d database
    Specify the database to use. An error is returned if this database does not exists. Default is "test".

-t table
    Specify the table to insert in. An error is returned if this table does not exists. Default is "test".

-h host
    Specify the host to which to connect. Default is "localhost".

-s oldname=newname[,oldname=newname]
    Change the name of a field from oldname to newname. This is mainly used to avoid using reserved SQL-keywords. Example:
    -s SELECT=SEL,COMMIT=doit
    This is done before the -f operator has taken effect!

-s start
    Specify the first record-number in the xBase-file we will insert.

-e end
    Specify the last record-number in the xBase-file we will insert.

-B transaction_size
    Specify the number of records per transaction, default is all records.

-U username
    Log as the specified user in the database.

-F charset_from
    If specified, it converts the data from the specified charset. Example:
    -F IBM437
    Consult your system documentation to see the convertions available.

-T charset_to
    Together with -F charset_from , it converts the data to the specified charset. Default is "ISO-8859-1".

ENVIRONMENT
This program is affected by the environment-variables as used by PostgresSQL. See the documentation of PostgresSQL for more info.

BUGS
Fields larger than 8192 characters are not supported and could break the program.
Some charset convertions could cause the output to be larger than the input and could break the program.