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- Create SQL Server tables with auto mapping data types. Create SQL Server indexes.
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Migrate from Percona to SQL Server
Login to Percona -> Login to SQL Server -> Select tables to migrate -> Migrate from Percona to SQL Server
Choose source Percona database and logon.
Choose target SQL Server database and logon.
Click “Wizard – Import All Tables” at task dialog.
then show the wizard.
1. Open source Percona.
2. Set “Import Type”.
3. Select SQL Server tables to migrate.
4. Migrate from Percona to SQL Server.
Create SQL Server tables. Copy Percona data to SQL Server. Create SQL Server indexes.
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Percona → SQL Server reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Percona | 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 Percona and SQL Server are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.
| Property | in Percona | 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 |
|---|---|
| Percona | mysqldump |
| SQL Server | bcp |
| SQL Server (load) | bcp, or BULK INSERT |
| Percona (load) | mysqlimport, or LOAD DATA INFILE |
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