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Old 02-28-2008, 07:05 AM
Bernard Peek
 
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Default Migrating from SQL Server

I have a small SQL Server database with a lot of tables. I'd like to
migrate the data to MySQL on the same Windows server. Is there a
Windows-based utility that can copy table structures between the two
databases, or even transfer the tables structure and data too?


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Old 02-28-2008, 07:05 AM
Giuseppe Maxia
 
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Bernard Peek wrote:
> I have a small SQL Server database with a lot of tables. I'd like to
> migrate the data to MySQL on the same Windows server. Is there a
> Windows-based utility that can copy table structures between the two
> databases, or even transfer the tables structure and data too?
>
>


Yes: the MySQL Migration Toolkit.
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/migra...olkit/1.0.html

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Old 02-28-2008, 07:05 AM
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Default Re: Migrating from SQL Server

> I have a small SQL Server database with a lot of tables. I'd like to
> migrate the data to MySQL on the same Windows server. Is there a
> Windows-based utility that can copy table structures between the two
> databases, or even transfer the tables structure and data too?


Our database developer IDE can do that:
www.upscene.com - Database Workbench.


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Old 02-28-2008, 07:05 AM
Bernard Peek
 
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In message <43562c2c$0$24648$4fafbaef@reader3.news.tin.it>, Giuseppe
Maxia <gmax_@_cpan_._org> writes
>Bernard Peek wrote:
>> I have a small SQL Server database with a lot of tables. I'd like to
>>migrate the data to MySQL on the same Windows server. Is there a
>>Windows-based utility that can copy table structures between the two
>>databases, or even transfer the tables structure and data too?
>>

>
>Yes: the MySQL Migration Toolkit.
>http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/migra...olkit/1.0.html


Thanks. That's only a Release Candidate but it did the job in a few
minutes.



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Old 02-28-2008, 07:06 AM
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In message <KBoTbXAEYQXDFwO6@shrdlu.com>, Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com>
writes
>In message <43562c2c$0$24648$4fafbaef@reader3.news.tin.it>, Giuseppe
>Maxia <gmax_@_cpan_._org> writes
>>Bernard Peek wrote:
>>> I have a small SQL Server database with a lot of tables. I'd like to
>>>migrate the data to MySQL on the same Windows server. Is there a
>>>Windows-based utility that can copy table structures between the two
>>>databases, or even transfer the tables structure and data too?
>>>

>>
>>Yes: the MySQL Migration Toolkit.
>>http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/migra...olkit/1.0.html

>
>Thanks. That's only a Release Candidate but it did the job in a few
>minutes.


Having migrated the database from SQL Server to MySQL 5 I want to use MS
Access 2000 as a front-end. Unfortunately none of the windows ODBC
drivers seem to work. The current stable release of ODBC drivers
silently fail without returning any data. The latest alpha release just
gives me an error message, it's a known bug according to the web site.

Can anyone help me to attach MySQL 5 tables in Access 2000?



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Old 02-28-2008, 07:06 AM
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In article <44CP1BNR$6YDFwyF@shrdlu.com>, Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com> wrote:
>In message <KBoTbXAEYQXDFwO6@shrdlu.com>, Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com>
>writes
>>In message <43562c2c$0$24648$4fafbaef@reader3.news.tin.it>, Giuseppe
>>Maxia <gmax_@_cpan_._org> writes
>>>Bernard Peek wrote:
>>>> I have a small SQL Server database with a lot of tables. I'd like to
>>>>migrate the data to MySQL on the same Windows server. Is there a
>>>>Windows-based utility that can copy table structures between the two
>>>>databases, or even transfer the tables structure and data too?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Yes: the MySQL Migration Toolkit.
>>>http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/migra...olkit/1.0.html

>>
>>Thanks. That's only a Release Candidate but it did the job in a few
>>minutes.

>
>Having migrated the database from SQL Server to MySQL 5 I want to use MS
>Access 2000 as a front-end. Unfortunately none of the windows ODBC
>drivers seem to work. The current stable release of ODBC drivers
>silently fail without returning any data. The latest alpha release just
>gives me an error message, it's a known bug according to the web site.
>
>Can anyone help me to attach MySQL 5 tables in Access 2000?


I'm running MySQL 5.0.13-rc on a FreeBSD box, and was able to
attach to it using the MyODBC 3.51.11 driver from the MySQL
web site. It pretty much Just Worked.

Uh, (ahem) with Access 2002. If upgrading is an option for you...
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Old 02-28-2008, 07:06 AM
Bernard Peek
 
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In message <dk1tag$bv3$1@wattres.Watt.COM>, Steve Watt <steve@Watt.COM>
writes


>>Having migrated the database from SQL Server to MySQL 5 I want to use MS
>>Access 2000 as a front-end. Unfortunately none of the windows ODBC
>>drivers seem to work. The current stable release of ODBC drivers
>>silently fail without returning any data. The latest alpha release just
>>gives me an error message, it's a known bug according to the web site.
>>
>>Can anyone help me to attach MySQL 5 tables in Access 2000?

>
>I'm running MySQL 5.0.13-rc on a FreeBSD box, and was able to
>attach to it using the MyODBC 3.51.11 driver from the MySQL
>web site. It pretty much Just Worked.
>
>Uh, (ahem) with Access 2002. If upgrading is an option for you...


No, unfortunately it's not an option. But I now have it mostly working.

With the older DLL in place I can use the 3.51.12 drivers and a system
DSN, file DSNs fail. It's unlikely to be a folder permissions problem,
which was my first thought, because the SQL Server DSN in the same
folder works correctly.



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