Want to migrate from dBase to Percona?
Try Withdata DBCopier, a dBase to Percona converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate dBase to Percona, Easy and Fast.
- Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Create Percona tables with auto mapping data types. Create Percona indexes.
Migrate from dBase to Percona
Login to dBase -> Login to Percona -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from dBase to Percona
Choose source dBase database and logon.
Choose target Percona database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source dBase.
2. Set “Import Type”.
3. Select Percona tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from dBase to Percona.
Create Percona tables. Copy dBase data to Percona. Create Percona indexes.
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See also:
dBase → Percona reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in dBase | 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 dBase and Percona are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in dBase | 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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