[vox-tech] oracle -> MySQL conversion

[Danny Webster]

   I would think that PostgreSQL may be a better choice.  I started using 
SQL-Ledger this week and it supports these three databases: Oracle, DB2, 
and 
PostgreSQL; I guess that could be viewed as a hint that Oracle and 
PostgreSQL are more compatible than say MySQL and Oracle. Also, the 
PostgreSQL book I purchased from NerdBooks showed that this database 
supports many advanced features you do not find in MySQL.  I too am on a 
hunt for database conversion tools, if I find what you need I will let you 
know.

Danny
On Wed, 28 Apr 
2004 dylan@iici.no-ip.org wrote:

> hi!
> 
> we have a huge (50+ GB) Oracle database that is used for pesticide
> reporting data in the state of california. all updates are delivered to us
> in the form of 'oracle database dumps' (not exactly sure what that
> mean...). all of the queries are usually quite simple, no use of
> triggers/subselects/[other questionably supported features]... and finally
> we are low on funds ,and cannot afford to pay for the new oracle
> license...
> 
> we are looking at converting our operations to MySQL, or any other open
> source RDBMS...
> 
> here are some questions:
> 1. are there any tools out there that can facilitate the conversion of
> oracle tables into mysql tables?
> 2. is there any way to convert queries written for oracle into a format
> that mysql will accept (besides the long hand way)
> 3. would mysql be suitible for a database this size?
> 4. would there be any way to convert these 'oracle db dumps' for input
> into the new mysql DB?
> 
> i know these are very open-ended questions, but we are just looking for
> some ideas right now...
> 
> thanks in advance!
> 
> Dylan
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