Migrate MySQL to SQL Server

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to migrate from MySQL to SQL Server ?

Try Withdata DBCopier, a MySQL to SQL Server converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Migrate MySQL 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 MySQL to SQL Server

Choose source MySQL 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 MySQL data to SQL Server. Create SQL Server indexes.

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

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

Property	in MySQL	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
MySQL	`mysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv`
SQL Server	`bcp`
SQL Server (load)	`bcp, or BULK INSERT`
MySQL (load)	`mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE`

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