Yes, you can use the same process. You will need to modify your existing code so that you get the data from Oracle and write it to MySQL. You will be able to reuse most, but not all, of your existing script. Those portions that connect to your destination server and write data into the database will need to be modified to use the proper MySQL equivalents.
Also, please remember to CC: all responses to the entire list. If I had become unavailable due to the demands of my normal job (all but two or three active members of the list do NOT work for MySQL, we all have regular, full-time jobs) someone else could have responded in my place. It also makes any information you gain or provide useful for others as it will be in the public realm. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine Ananda Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/15/2005 11:17 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject Re: database link Hi Green, Right now we are doing the same way. The current reporting db is on oracle, so we use a cronjob and the scripts connects to main db using database link and fetches data into the reporting database. So i was wondering if i can do the same using mysql and connect to oracle db. Regards anandkl On 9/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: No. You will need to use an application external to the server to perform the data collection process. This application can be one you write yourselves or something you purchase. There are many ways to perform things on a schedule: a) you application continuously runs and performs certain actions according to an internal timer b) the operating system uses one of its task scheduling services to launch your application according to a schedule you set. There are absolutely too many ways to solve your problem to answer your question any more specifically. Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine Ananda Kumar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/15/2005 10:56:36 AM: > Hi Green, > Thanks for the answer. > We are planing to have reporting database on mysql. This reporting > database needs to get data from oracle database on a daily basis. It > would drop the table and get the fresh data from oracle database. So > can this be done using database link. > > Regards > anandkl > > > > > On 9/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ananda Kumar < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/15/2005 10:33:16 AM: > > > > Hi, > > How can i connect from MYSQL db to an oracle database. Do we need to create > > any database link or use some ODBC. > > Please help > > regards > > anandkl > > > The only way to get one MySQL database server to directly manage > data in a table that resides within another server is through the > Federated storage engine. Federated is a new feature coming with v5. > 0 and is similar to MSSQL's "linked table" feature. Currently it > only supports MySQL to MySQL table interactions. > > When you say "connect from MYSQL db to an oracle database" what > exactly are you trying to accomplish? What are you trying to do? > What problem are you having that you think the "connection" would > solve? Please give us some additional details so we can answer your > question more thoroughly. > > Shawn Green > Database Administrator > Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
