SQL Server to MySQL Converters

Tech
By Salman Rahat

Many software companies offer tools to migrate databases between different DBMS since this is extremely demanded in the modern IT world. For instance, many organizations migrate their databases from SQL Server to MySQL in order to reduce expenses on IT infrastructure and avoid the vendor lock. This whitepaper explores main features that are mostly required for SQL Server to MySQL converters.

One of the most important features is support for all modern versions of the source and target DBMS both on-premises and cloud. These are SQL Server version 2016 and higher, MySQL version 8.0 and higher with its forks as MariaDB and Percona, major cloud platforms Azure, Amazon RDS, Google cloud. 

Additional basic features that must be offered by SQL Server to MySQL converters are:

  1. Intelligent data processing in accordance with MySQL destination format.
  2. All SQL Server data types are supported including spatial, XML, etc.
  3. All necessary attributes of tables definitions, indexes, primary keys, and constraints are accurately converted.
  4. Conversion of SQL Server views according to MySQL syntax.
  5. Command line for scripting and scheduling of conversion is appropriately supported.
  6. Overwriting, merging, and synchronization of SQL Server data is made with an existing MySQL table.
  7. Unicode full support
  8. All recent versions of Windows are supported
  9. The interface is user-friendly with full support for installation and uninstall.

Prices of SQL Server to MySQL converters vary from freeware to thousands of dollars. While too high price may dissuade businesses from buying the software, using freeware may cost much more money due to lack of support and any guarantees of safety and reliability. Also, the conversion quality may be compromised when using free or open-source tools. At the same time, many database professionals state that it is possible to obtain high-performance converter with generic features for as low as $50.

SQL Server to MySQL converter developed by Intelligent Converters, a software vendor working in database migration and synchronization field since 2001, falls in that price range. Their tool can handle either migration into new database or synchronization with an existing database. Besides the basic features listed above, the benefits of using this SQL Server to MySQL converter are:

Export of data into SQL script file

Sometimes, MySQL server does not allow remote connections that prevents from direct database migration. Workaround for such cases is to export SQL Server data into a script file containing SQL statements to create all tables, constraints and indexes as well as insert the data. Once the script file is generated, database administrator can import it to MySQL using standard tools such as phpMyAdmin or MySQL console client.

Filtering the data to migrate

Some projects may require preprocessing data before migration or merging data from multiple tables into single one. For these cases, SQL Server to MySQL converter can handle result of SELECT queries as a regular table. This flexible feature can be used for many purposes such as filtering data, removing some columns from conversion and various data manipulations.

Modification of name or type of columns in the destination tables

Option to edit the target tables allows a user to customize column mapping, modify name and other attributes (NULL-attribute, default value) of any column, exclude some columns from migration. This feature is easily accessed by double click on any item from the list of tables selected for migration. 

Finally, as every software product offered by the vendor, SQL Server to MySQL converter is supplied with comprehensive tech support and 1-year subscription for updates. Customers will get new versions of the converter for free within one year after purchasing. Learn more about by Intelligent Converters and their software by visiting the official site.

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