The library is in the early stage of development and currently cannot do
much.
-The first goal is to implement `mysql2sql <mysql2sql.html>`_, a script
+The library is accompanied with `mysql2sql <mysql2sql.html>`_, a script
intended primarily to convert mysqldump (especially with extended INSERT
syntax) to standard SQL to load at least to PostgreSQL or SQLite.
convert mysqldump (especially with extended INSERT syntax) to standard SQL
to load at least to PostgreSQL or SQLite.
-The program is in the early stage of development and currently cannot do
-much. It removes /\*! directives \*/, unquotes names quoted with backticks,
-quote non-lowercase names with double quotes, unescapes strings and escapes
-them to a different quoting style, and passes everything else unmodified.
+The program removes /\*! directives \*/, unquotes names quoted with
+backticks, quote non-lowercase names with double quotes, unescapes strings
+and escapes them to a different quoting style, and splits extended INSERTs
+into a series of plain INSERTs separated by newlines. Everything else is
+passed unmodified.
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