If you know you're going to port it, it really shouldn't be too difficult. In fact, if you're creating it with the intention of porting it, you can (and should) use MSSQL datatypes that are compatible with MySQL. If you do this, porting is a trivial task at best.
18,000 euro seems a bit steep for a couple hours of work... By-the-way: there doesn't seem to be any obvious reason to create the database in MSSQL (other than a 18,000 euro conversion project later). You might consider developing the database using MySQL or PostgreSQL initially and eliminate the conversion issue... On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Markus Lervik wrote: > One company offered MS SQL as the platform and said that they can later on > port it to MySQL. For this they wanted 18 000 euro. Now, what I want to know > is, how easy is it to port a (fairly complicated) database from MS SQL to > MySQL? It can't be work worth 18 000 euro, now can it? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
