Re: pumping data: mssql->pgsql

From: Tomi NA (hefes..mail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 22:18:29 EST

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    On 2/16/06, Matt <mat..ogicsquad.net> wrote:
    >
    >
    > Tomi NA wrote:
    > > I'd like to transfer table structure and _data_ from a source mssql
    > > database
    > > to a postgresql database.
    > > Has anyone here tried something like this? I have a feeling parts of
    > > cayenne
    > > code might be of help, but it's hard to think clearly after straight 16
    > > hours of staring at the screen...any suggestions would be very welcome.
    > >
    >
    > Hello,
    >
    > have you considered just dumping the structure and data, and inserting it
    > into postgres, outside of cayenne?
    >
    > # mysqldump -u username -p password database_name > file.sql
    >
    > edit out you mysql badness
    >
    > # psql -d myDataBase (-a) -f file.sql
    >

    That's the problem with names like mssql and mysql: they get mixed up really
    easily. Who ever came up with a name like SQL Server for RDBMS?!
    Anyway, there's no simple way to dump structure and data from a MSSQL
    database...well, actually, there is, but I have a 50MB script on my hands
    now, which is very hard to work with (modify the syntax so that pgsql
    doesn't complain about it)...and that still doesn't adress the finer aspects
    of the transition (object name case management, for one).

    Tomislav



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