| From: | Alban Hertroys <dalroi(at)solfertje(dot)student(dot)utwente(dot)nl> |
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| To: | Carlos Mennens <carlos(dot)mennens(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Switching Database Engines |
| Date: | 2011-04-26 20:34:47 |
| Message-ID: | 14987033-5BD2-4C28-BB60-8C84332A5FD5@solfertje.student.utwente.nl |
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On 26 Apr 2011, at 19:24, Carlos Mennens wrote:
> We've been using a Wiki server at the office for years. It was
> originally configured to use MySQL and finally after 8+ years we're
> moving the Wiki to a new platform of hardware. My question is the Wiki
> software (MediaWiki) is the only thing still tied to and using MySQL
> which we want to decommission but we've been using it for years so I'm
> worried we will lose the data. I've done some Google'ing to find out
> how can I change the MySQL database dump and successfully export it
> into my new PostgreSQL database however I don't know how practical or
> recommended this process is. I found sites like the following:
I don't know much about mediawiki (except for how to use it), but it's not unusual for modern web-apps to have some functionality to dump their contents in a consistently formatted file (often XML) that it can subsequently import into a new environment. Might be worth looking into.
Alban Hertroys
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