----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:14 PM Subject: Re: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL
> > > Jeremy Zawodny wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 03:16:15PM +0200, Markus Lervik wrote: > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > > > We've requested a database from different companies, and > > > specifically said we wanted MySQL or PostgreSQL because of the open > > > source angle and we're a library. > > > > > > 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? > > > > That's a bit strange. > > > > If the app is built with MySQL in mind, porting it should be very, > > very easy. But if they're going to build the app with MySQL in mind > > anyway, it doesn't make much sense to do so on a platform other than > > MySQL, does it? > > > > Jeremy > > -- > > Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance > > Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 > > > > MySQL 3.23.41-max: up 15 days, processed 362,696,624 queries (268/sec. avg) > > > > I agree. If they are a seriuos company they should build it after the > customers wishes > i.e if you want mysql the company should build it with mysql. > > For 18,000 euro i could build the system myself:) > > My two cents > /PM\ What about the customer who asks a car company to make the vehicle's tryes out of velvet? Would you go off in a huff if they refused and demand they do it? There are obviously issues here that we are not privy to; there *must* be logic behind the choice of SQLServer. Are they saying that mySQL isn't upto it? Porting a DB takes more 'than a couple of hours'. What about the written procedures, the security mappings, the back up and recovery procs, the fallback arrangements, the testing etc. If you think E18k is a lot then ask for a detailed task plan with effort; find out what they are asking you to pay for. The DB was described as 'fairly complicated' whatever that may mean. Perhaps - and we are all guesing - there are remote data issues, views, stored procs, java and god knows what else that all needs to be integrated. Bottom line when you get a quote is find out what they want to do task by task and then cut it down from there. Tony --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
