I second the comment on Navicat. It's intuitive and easy to use and the new Premium edition supports MS-SQL as well as MySQL, Postgre, Oracle and SQLite. And no, I don't have any affiliation with them, I just love their product :-)
I've converted several databases from MS-SQL to MySQL with no problems whatsoever. I now use Navicat exclusively to manage all of my client databases and I haven't even had to install the dreaded SQL Enterprise Manager on my new system (which makes me extremely happy because I can't stand Enterprise Manager). For backups or transferring to a new server, I think Navicat is MUCH easier and more intuitive than Microsoft's built-in tools. Even moving a database from one MS-SQL Server to another is just a couple of clicks of the mouse. With regards to the comment about the type of backup, I actually just schedule a nightly sync from my Production DB to a dedicated backup version on the Staging Server (or Development Server for clients that don't have a staging environment). This way, we actually have a LIVE fail over we can bring online almost immediately, while we repair or replace the Production server. I realize that might not be an option for all situations (especially really large DBs), but it's worked extremely well for me over the years. I've never seen a MySQL database get corrupted and I've worked with hundreds of them (though granted most of them were fairly small). Just my 2 cents worth. -Mike >I'm interested in any info. Pit falls to avoid, best practises, etc. > >Many thanks, > >Jenny >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.900 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3625 - Release Date: 05/08/11 >19:34:00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344462 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
