Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL 8.1.4

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Jason McManus" <mcmanus(dot)jason(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL 8.1.4
Date: 2006-07-03 15:33:00
Message-ID: 200607031133.01168.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Friday 30 June 2006 09:17, Jason McManus wrote:
> On Converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL 8.1.x
> * There is a conversion utility called 'mysql2pgsql' that will convert
> dump files from the mysqldump format, to a format that psql can
> understand. It is available at:
> - http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/mysql2psql/projdisplay.php

FWIW, I have some decent success using mysqls mysqldump programm with various
--postgresql-compataible flags to get postgresql workable dumps. The flag
tree of that program is a killer, but if you can figure out the right flags,
the output is pretty good.

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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