Merging Databases

2009-05-11 Thread Johnny Withers
Hi, I have a lot of databases that have the exact same tables and each table has the exact same column structure. I'm looking at merging two of these databases together into a single database (Company A bought Company B and wants the data from A combined into B now). I've been tossing around the

RE: Merging Databases

2009-05-11 Thread Weston, Craig (OFT)
-Original Message- From: Johnny Withers [mailto:joh...@pixelated.net] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:30 PM To: MySQL General List Subject: Merging Databases Hi, I have a lot of databases that have the exact same tables and each table has the exact same column structure. I'm looking

Re: Merging Databases

2009-05-11 Thread Johnny Withers
Withers [mailto:joh...@pixelated.net] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:30 PM To: MySQL General List Subject: Merging Databases Hi, I have a lot of databases that have the exact same tables and each table has the exact same column structure. I'm looking at merging two of these databases together

Re: Merging Databases

2009-05-11 Thread Chris Clarke
On 11-May-09, at 2:09 PM, Johnny Withers wrote: We don't want to use a view because then this database will not be consistent with the others. We can't simply use a select from .. insert into because when we renumber table1's ID column, items in table2 and 3 and so on may link to the ID

RE: Merging Databases

2009-05-11 Thread Andrew Braithwaite
, Craig (OFT) Cc: MySQL General List Subject: Re: Merging Databases We don't want to use a view because then this database will not be consistent with the others. We can't simply use a select from .. insert into because when we renumber table1's ID column, items in table2 and 3 and so on may link

merging databases

2002-08-21 Thread Mozzi
Hope this is the right term ;-) Background: I log my radius logs to mysql I had a problem (self inflicted) with the table where I logged it into. I copied the files out and recreated the database so that I don't ose to many logs. I took the old files .MYDetc and recreated the database on

Merging Databases (Newbie)

2002-06-06 Thread Frank Knobloch
Dear all, it's our first time to realize a project, based on mySQL Database and now we have a problem i hope we can solve easily. There are different partners in this project and the actual solution is based on a MS-Access Fronten (arrrggh!). Now the partner have to do some input and they all

merging databases

2001-02-01 Thread Andrew Dennison
What would be the best way to take two separate databases, and merge them together into a third database? From the discussions i've read, it seems that dumping them both, then importing them to this new database might be a way of doing it, but is a good way? will it work? Can you suggest a

Re: merging databases

2001-02-01 Thread Sam Wong
1 11:21 PM Subject: merging databases What would be the best way to take two separate databases, and merge them together into a third database? From the discussions i've read, it seems that dumping them both, then importing them to this new database might be a way of doing it, but is