mdb2sql.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Convert a MDB file (Access) to SQL
# Needs mdbtools[http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/]
#  run 'aptitude install mdbtools' on Debian/Ubuntu
# Created by Álvaro Justen <https://github.com/turicas>
# Modified by Gabriel Florit to run on Mac OS X
# License: GPLv2

mdb=$1
sql=$2

if [ -z "$2" ]; then
    echo 'This script convert a MDB file to SQL file. You need to specify the name of both'
    echo "Usage: $0 <mdb_file> <sql_file>"
    exit 1
fi

if [ -z "$(which mdb-tables)" ]; then
    echo 'You need mdbtools installed.'
    echo 'Learn more at http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/'
    echo 'If you use Debian/Ubuntu, just execute:'
    echo '  sudo aptitude install mdbtools'
    exit 2
fi

mdb-schema $mdb > $sql
sed -i.bak 's/Long Integer/INT(11)/g; s/Text /VARCHAR/g' $sql
for table in $(mdb-tables $mdb); do
    mdb-export -I mysql -R ';' $mdb $table >> $sql
done
sed -i.bak '/^-\{2,\}/d; s/DROP TABLE /DROP TABLE IF EXISTS /' $sql