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- Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
- Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Batch copy data from MySQL tables to SQL Server tables
Login to MySQL and SQL Server -> Select source MySQL tables -> Set target SQL Server tables -> Copy MySQL data to SQL Server
Choose source MySQL database and logon.
Choose target SQL Server database and logon.
Click “Convert All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Select source MySQL tables.
2. List target SQL Server tables.
3. Select SQL Server tables to import.
4. Transfer data from MySQL tables to SQL Server.
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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 MySQL table data to SQL Server
- Copy MySQL query results to SQL Server table
- Merge multiple similar MySQL tables to 1 SQL Server table
MySQL → SQL Server reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in MySQL | in SQL Server |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | int |
| Bigint | BIGINT | bigint |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | decimal(p,s) |
| Float | DOUBLE | float |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | nvarchar(n) |
| Long text | LONGTEXT | nvarchar(max) |
| Date | DATE | date |
| Datetime | DATETIME | datetime2 |
| Binary | LONGBLOB | varbinary(max) |
| Boolean | TINYINT(1) | bit |
| JSON | JSON | nvarchar(max) |
Dialect differences
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) |
Command line
| 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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