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Batch copy Access tables to MySQL

Want to batch copy data from Access tables to MySQL ?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a Access to MySQL converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Bulk copy Access to MySQL, Easy and Fast.

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Batch copy data from Access tables to MySQL tables

Login to Access and MySQL -> Select source Access tables -> Set target MySQL tables -> Copy Access data to MySQL

Choose source Access database and logon.

Choose target MySQL database and logon.

Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

1. Select source Access tables.

2. List target MySQL tables.

3. Select MySQL tables to import.

4. Transfer data from Access tables to MySQL.


More about Access to MySQL converter

See also:

Access → MySQL reference

Type mapping

Value kindin Accessin MySQL
IntLong IntegerINT
BigintLong IntegerBIGINT
DecimalDecimalDECIMAL(p,s)
FloatDoubleDOUBLE
TextText(n)VARCHAR(n)
Long textLong TextLONGTEXT
DateDate/TimeDATE
DatetimeDate/TimeDATETIME
BinaryOLE ObjectLONGBLOB
BooleanYes/NoTINYINT(1)
JSONLong TextJSON

Dialect differences

Both Access and MySQL are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Propertyin Accessin MySQL
port(file-based)3306
identifiers[square brackets]`backtick`
row limitSELECT TOP nLIMIT n
datesDate/TimeDATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME
long textMEMOTINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT
binaryOLE ObjectBLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB

Command line

SideCommand
MySQLmysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv
MySQL (load)mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE

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