Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread James Holmes
Works for me. -- WSS4CF - WS-Security framework for CF http://wss4cf.riaforge.org/ On 11 May 2011 11:26, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: You could always both swap to a real database: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/express-edition/overview/index.html Your DB2 link is

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread James Holmes
No. Not all DB's are equal just because they all run SQL. -- WSS4CF - WS-Security framework for CF http://wss4cf.riaforge.org/ On 11 May 2011 10:45, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: They are all real databases.  The majority of  the problems that website databases have are caused by

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Russ Michaels
Funnily enough I looked into Oracle Express recently for a client, and it is not actually suitable for web apps. It is primarily intended for mobile platforms or portable media. On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:58 AM, James Holmes james.hol...@gmail.comwrote: No. Not all DB's are equal just because

RE: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Jenny Gavin-Wear
Will, I pinched some of Gerald's popcorn and had a good read, thanks for all the replies. It has been very interesting reading the discussion on the various DB's. Overall, SQL Server Express is coming out on top for me. My existing databases don't get anywhere near the 10GB limit, and I

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Russ Michaels
Here is a complete feature matrix. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645993.aspx I'm sure I used SSIS with 2005 Express, so I would expect it is with 2008. You certainly have import/export services anyway. Just make sure you get SQL Server Express with Tools. If you find features missing

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Carl Von Stetten
lol. ;-) On 5/10/2011 8:26 PM, Dave Watts wrote: You could always both swap to a real database: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/express-edition/overview/index.html Your DB2 link is broken. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread M P
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

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Carl Von Stetten
While installing the trial of SQL Server 2008 will get you the full Management Studio and Business Development Studio (or whatever it is called in 2008, and is required for developing SSIS solutions), SQL Server Express does not have the SSIS service. You have to have at least one full SQL

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Eric Cobb
FWIW, here's some code for automating the backup process in SQL Server Express: http://www.cfgears.com/index.cfm/2010/7/20/Automating-backups-for-SQL-Server-Express Thanks, Eric Cobb http://www.cfgears.com Help me make a difference this summer -http://bit.ly/i8dJvQ On 5/11/2011 1:36 PM, Carl

RE: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-11 Thread Jenny Gavin-Wear
: Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release 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

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Russ Michaels
Judah, Yes it is nice to have power, but it is rather like buying a Porshe to drive around town at 30MPH, sure you can brag about it and tell everyone how you could drive at 200mph if you wanted to, but really you are never going to do it, and a more practical car is really going to do a better

RE: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
. I've had good experience with it and highly recommend it. Rick -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 7:14 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release Judah, Yes it is nice to have

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Russ Michaels
Subject: Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release Judah, Yes it is nice to have power, but it is rather like buying a Porshe to drive around town at 30MPH, sure you can brag about it and tell everyone how you could drive at 200mph if you wanted to, but really you are never

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread James Holmes
Or like this: http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=chromeie=UTF-8q=ms+sql+express+corrupt+tables -- WSS4CF - WS-Security framework for CF http://wss4cf.riaforge.org/ On 10 May 2011 22:31, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: The common problems and issues can be googled, like this

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Russ Michaels
Yes James, well done :-) On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:37 PM, James Holmes james.hol...@gmail.comwrote: Or like this: http://www.google.com.au/search?sourceid=chromeie=UTF-8q=ms+sql+express+corrupt+tables -- WSS4CF - WS-Security framework for CF http://wss4cf.riaforge.org/ On 10 May

RE: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
-Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:31 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release I'm glad your experiences have been good Rich. Perhaps you can quantify the scale, i.e how many

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Russ Michaels
[mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:31 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release I'm glad your experiences have been good Rich. Perhaps you can quantify the scale, i.e how many databases over how long, i'm sure

RE: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Rick Faircloth
Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:31 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release I'm glad your experiences have been good Rich. Perhaps you can quantify the scale, i.e how many databases over how long, i'm sure

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Scott Weikert
Re: good code: I've done this once (and am about to do it again) so I'll share a few bits that I learned re: code changes: 99% of my code was fine. But I had to adjust some syntax. MSSQL vs MySQL: LEN needs to be LENGTH CHARINDEX needs to be LOCATE There probably are more differences like

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Jordan Michaels
It honestly wasn't my intention to start any sort of flame war. I truthfully did find the comment humorous. It was like stating that this 2oz kitten is more powerful then this T-Rex over here. I had to laugh. Maybe the kitten has super-robot ninja powers? Honestly, it sounds to me like

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Russ Michaels
lol, of course not :-) We will have to agree to disagree. I will stick with my super ninja bionic kitten, you stick with your extinct Jurassic fossil :-) On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Jordan Michaels jor...@viviotech.netwrote: It honestly wasn't my intention to start any sort of flame

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread James Holmes
You could always both swap to a real database: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/express-edition/overview/index.html :-O -- WSS4CF - WS-Security framework for CF http://wss4cf.riaforge.org/ On 11 May 2011 08:51, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: lol, of course not :-) We

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Maureen
They are all real databases. The majority of the problems that website databases have are caused by badly written code, inefficient queries and poor performance tuning, and have nothing to do with the database platform. On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:24 PM, James Holmes james.hol...@gmail.com

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-10 Thread Dave Watts
You could always both swap to a real database: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/express-edition/overview/index.html Your DB2 link is broken. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Russ Michaels
don't forget that MSSQL express is also free and more powerful than mysql community edition so there is no need to migrate to MySQL unless your also moving to Linux. There are however free migration tools on the mysql site that will do it for you. On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Jenny

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Jordan Michaels
I find the more powerful comment humorous. SQL Express limits are here: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/editions-compare.aspx Migration from MS SQL to MySQL documentation is here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/migration-toolkit/en/mysql-migration-toolkit-indepth-sourcedb-mssql.html

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Gerald Guido
Russ Michaels wrote: don't forget that MSSQL express is also free and more powerful than mysql Jordan Michaels jor...@viviotech.net wrote: I find the more powerful comment humorous. This should be fun to watch :) I am making some popcorn. Anyone want some? G! On Mon, May 9, 2011 at

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Russ Michaels
Perhaps you tried to run MSSQL on linux Jordan, that would certainly be humorous I imagine :-) On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Gerald Guido gerald.gu...@gmail.comwrote: Russ Michaels wrote: don't forget that MSSQL express is also free and more powerful than mysql Jordan Michaels

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Judah McAuley
Well, it is pretty damn funny. I've migrated from MS SQL to MySql before and it generally isn't too bad. There are various migration tools available, I like the ones from Red Gate. MySql has some funkiness that comes into play if you want to combine foreign keys and full text indexing from what

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Judah McAuley
Or possibly Jordan has needed a database that runs on more than 1 CPU, uses more than 1GB of RAM or has a db size of more than 10GB :) On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Perhaps you tried to run MSSQL on linux Jordan, that would certainly be humorous I

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Russ Michaels
Many people often wrongly assume that MySQL is simply FREE, which is not correct. Many people are also completely unaware that there is a FREE MSSQL Express edition. The FREE version is the community edition, which also has limitations, look them up, If you want enterprise features then you have

Re: Migrating a DB from MS SQL 2000 into MySQL latest release

2011-05-09 Thread Judah McAuley
MySql is free though licensing is a bit complicated because of a dual-license model. The community edition includes many enterprise sorts of features like replication and partitioning. If I recall, there are additional backup tools and monitoring in the paid enterprise edition. If you want to go