Convert MS SQL to MySQL
What is better: MS SQL or MySQL?
It is difficult to compare MS SQL and MySQL. Both products can be used
to build complex, stable and efficient databases. Despite of this fact,
many organizations have migrated their MS SQL databases to MySQL server in
order to take advantages of MySQL:
- Open Source - free access to the source code allows every
professional to find out how the product is working or even fix some problems
without involving the developer. It enables unlimited tuning and improvement
of MySQL server.
- Cross-Platforming - you can develop MySQL database on a Windows
laptop and then deploy on Windows or Linux server. It gives you incredible
flexibility when choosing server platform.
Migration Strategies
There are multiple standard solutions to migrate MS SQL data to MySQL server.
First, you can use Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) to export
data from MS SQL server to any ODBC data source including MySQL. Another way
is to export the data from MS SQL into text format and then import it directly
to MySQL server. However both of these approaches require some manual data
transformation because there are some differences between data types in
MS SQL and MySQL. For example: a MySQL VARCHAR can hold up to 255 characters,
whereas a SQL Server VARCHAR can hold up to 4000 characters. So if you do not
feel comfortable with command prompt tools and wish to avoid tedious post-processing
work, you can try out some of MS SQL to MySQL converters available on the market.
MSSQL-to-MySQL by Intelligent Converters
Although it is very easy to use, MSSQL-to-MySQL converter provides enough capabilities to
migrate very large and complex MS SQL databases. The results of migration process
are very accurate because the converter does all necessary data transformation,
supports all MS SQL types and attributes, converts all indexes (including
foreign keys), handles multibyte character sets and much more. If you need
more control over the conversion or just don't have direct access to the
destination MySQL server MSSQL-to-MySQL can export data into MySQL dump file.
Click here to learn more about MSSQL-to-MySQL converter.
