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Schedule and automate MySQL to Redshift data task
1. Select and run a task from follow list:
- Merge multiple similar MySQL tables to 1 Redshift table
- Batch copy MySQL tables to Redshift
- Copy MySQL query results to Redshift table
- Copy MySQL table data to Redshift
- Migrate MySQL to Redshift
- Sync data from MySQL to Redshift
- Convert MySQL To Redshift
2. Save session and create .bat file.
More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy MySQL data to Redshift
MySQL → Redshift reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in MySQL | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| Int | INT | integer |
| Bigint | BIGINT | bigint |
| Decimal | DECIMAL(p,s) | numeric(p,s) |
| Float | DOUBLE | double precision |
| Text | VARCHAR(n) | varchar(n) |
| Long text | LONGTEXT | varchar(max) |
| Date | DATE | date |
| Datetime | DATETIME | timestamp |
| Binary | LONGBLOB | (none) |
| Boolean | TINYINT(1) | boolean |
| JSON | JSON | super |
Dialect differences
Both MySQL and Redshift are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in MySQL | in Redshift |
|---|---|---|
| port | 3306 | 5439 |
| identifiers | `backtick` | "double quotes" |
| dates | DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, DATE, TIME | timestamp, date |
| long text | TINYTEXT / TEXT / MEDIUMTEXT / LONGTEXT | VARCHAR(MAX) |
| binary | BLOB / TINYBLOB / LONGBLOB | — |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| MySQL | mysqldump, or mysql -e "SELECT ..." > out.csv |
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
| MySQL (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
No counterpart
- MySQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Redshift.
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