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Batch copy data from Clipper tables to Percona tables
Login to Clipper and Percona -> Select source Clipper tables -> Set target Percona tables -> Copy Clipper data to Percona
Choose source Clipper database and logon.
Choose target Percona database and logon.
Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Select source Clipper tables.
2. List target Percona tables.
3. Select Percona tables to import.
4. Transfer data from Clipper tables to Percona.
More about Clipper to Percona converter
Download Withdata DBCopier
Windows 64 bit
Windows 32 bit
Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit
Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit
MacOS 64 bit
See also:
- Copy Clipper table data to Percona
- Copy Clipper query results to Percona table
- Merge multiple similar Clipper tables to 1 Percona table
Clipper → Percona reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Clipper | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| Int | Numeric(10,0) | INT |
| Bigint | Numeric(19,0) | BIGINT |
| Decimal | Numeric(p,s) | DECIMAL(p,s) |
| Float | Float | DOUBLE |
| Text | Character(n) | VARCHAR(n) |
| Long text | Memo | LONGTEXT |
| Date | Date | DATE |
| Datetime | (none) | DATETIME |
| Binary | (none) | LONGBLOB |
| Boolean | Logical | TINYINT(1) |
| JSON | (none) | JSON |
Dialect differences
Both Clipper and Percona are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Clipper | in Percona |
|---|---|---|
| port | (file-based) | 3306 |
| identifiers | — | `backtick` |
| row limit | (driver dependent) | LIMIT n |
| dates | Date (D) | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME |
| long text | Memo (M) | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT |
| binary | — | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- Percona has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- Percona has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
- Percona has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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