Want to migrate from Access to Redshift?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a Access to Redshift converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate Access to Redshift, Easy and Fast.
- Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Create Redshift tables with auto mapping data types. Create Redshift indexes.
- Can work without Microsoft Access installed.
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Migrate from Access to Redshift
Login to Access -> Login to Redshift -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Access to Redshift
Choose source Access database and logon.
Choose target Redshift database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source Access.
2. Set “Import Type”.
3. Select Redshift tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from Access to Redshift.
Create Redshift tables. Copy Access data to Redshift. Create Redshift indexes.
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Access → Redshift reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Access | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Long Integer | integer |
| Bigint | Long Integer | bigint |
| Decimal | Decimal | numeric(p,s) |
| Float | Double | double precision |
| Text | Text(n) | varchar(n) |
| Long text | Long Text | varchar(max) |
| Date | Date/Time | date |
| Datetime | Date/Time | timestamp |
| Binary | OLE Object | (none) |
| Boolean | Yes/No | boolean |
| JSON | Long Text | super |
Dialect differences
Both Access and Redshift are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Access | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 5439 |
| identifiers | [square brackets] | "double quotes" |
| row limit | SELECT TOP n | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date/Time | timestamp, date |
| long text | MEMO | VARCHAR(MAX) |
| binary | OLE Object | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- Access values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Redshift.
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