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Microsoft Access to MySQL Types Mapping

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Microsoft Access and MySQL have similar set of data types. Some of them are compatible with each other while the rest are not. When planning Access to MySQL migration it is important to have in mind the following compatibility matrix for data types of Microsoft Access and MySQL. In the table below all valid type mappings are marked green (with restriction on data if any), every prohibited or dangerous type mapping is marked orange.

 TEXT   MEMO   BYTE   INTEGER   Long   Single   Double   Currency   Auto Number   Date/Time   Yes/No   Ole Object   Hyperlink   Lookup Wizard 
CHAR dest. length >= source length Possible truncation of text URL text
VARCHAR dest. length >= source length Possible truncation of text URL text
TINYTEXT   Possible truncation of text URL text
TEXT     URL text
MEDIUMTEXT     URL text
LONGTEXT     URL text
TINYBLOB Possible truncation of data
BLOB Possible truncation of data
MEDIUMBLOB Possible truncation of data
LONGBLOB
ENUM
TINYINT Requires "unsigned" From -128 to 127 From -128 to 127
SMALLINT From -32768 to 32767 From -32768 to 32767
MEDIUMINT From -8388608 to 8388607 From -8388608 to 8388607
INT
BIGINT
FLOAT Possible truncation of data Possible loss of precision
DOUBLE Possible loss of precision
DECIMAL Possible truncation of data Possible truncation of data
DATE Possible truncation of data
DATETIME
TIMESTAMP