Migrate MariaDB to SQL Server

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to migrate from MariaDB to SQL Server ?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a MariaDB to SQL Server converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate MariaDB to SQL Server, Easy and Fast.

Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
Create SQL Server tables with auto mapping data types. Create SQL Server indexes.

Migrate from MariaDB to SQL Server

Choose source MariaDB database and logon.

Choose target SQL Server database and logon.

Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Create SQL Server tables. Copy MariaDB data to SQL Server. Create SQL Server indexes.

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Yes, you can. DBCopier has Linux, Mac OS, and Windows version.

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

Property	in MariaDB	in SQL Server
port	`3306`	`1433`
identifiers	`backtick`	`[square brackets]`
row limit	`LIMIT n`	`SELECT TOP n`
dates	`DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME`	`datetime, datetime2, date, time`
long text	`TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT`	`nvarchar(max)`
binary	`BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB`	`varbinary(max)`

Side	Command
MariaDB	`mariadb-dump`
SQL Server	`bcp`
SQL Server (load)	`bcp, or BULK INSERT`
MariaDB (load)	`mariadb-import, or LOAD DATA INFILE`

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