| MSSQL-to-MySQL is a program to
move MS SQL databases to MySQL server. Depending on your
privileges on the target MySQL server you can export MS SQL
data into new database or overwrite the contents of an
existing MySQL database
Features
- All MS SQL data types and attributes are supported
- Works with all versions of Unix and Windows MySQL
servers
- Converts indexes with all necessary attributes
- VServer user's option
- Exports MS SQL databases into a dump file
- Easy-to-use wizard-style interface
- Full install/uninstall support
Limitations
- Works with MS SQL 2000 only
- Does not convert stored procedures
- Does not convert views
Requirements
- Windows 95 or later or Windows NT 3.51 or later
- At least 32 MB of available memory
- MS SQL environment (server or client components of MS
SQL 2000 should be installed on the same machine where
you run MSSQL-to-MySQL from)
VServer user's option
If you are using Virtual Server hosting you probably have
no sufficient privileges to create new databases on the
target MySQL server. For this case we recommend the
following approach:
- ask your Virtual Server administrator to create blank
database for you
- run MSSQL-to-MySQL and select this database as the
conversion target
- click "Yes" when you will be asked if you'd
like to overwrite existing MySQL database
When you complete these steps, the entire contents of the
source MS SQL database will be imported into the specified
MySQL database.
MySQL dump file
MSSQL-to-MySQL allows users to perform deferred
conversion and get more control over the process. Following
this way, the program stores the contents of the source
database into a local dump file instead of moving it to
MySQL server directly. The resulting file contains MySQL
statements to create all tables and to fill them with the
data. You will be able to import this file into existing
MySQL database via MySQL client as follows:
mysql.exe --host=... --user=... --password=...
-vvf {MySQL
database name} < {dump file name}
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