I have some .mdf and .ldf files of database size greater than 10 GB with me.
I want to create a MySQL database using the same.
Is there any provision in MySQL to do it?
Please consider that MySQL and SQL Server 2008 can not be installed on the same machine (or even the same network) in my current setup.
I don't have enterprise edition of SQL Server management studio in our network and will not be able to install it.
Is there any other elegant way to export data from SQL Server 2008 and import it in MySQL?
I don't think it is possible without attaching.
If you find a way how to attach it, you can use some specific migrating tools like this.
Some tools allow to create database specific queries from another solution, that need to be only executed on your side.
The MDF and LDF files belong to Microsoft SQL Server and use Microsoft's own binary format, so you cannot connect these files to other database management systems. The only approach I can think of, is to script out the database code and data from the SQL Server database to a text file (.sql file), and import this file into MySQL.
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My companies site uses a mysql database. One of our clients just trying to take advantage of our API is only able to give us the data in the form of a MSSQL .bak file
I have been trying to import the file using the migration tool built inot mysql workbench but have no luck.
On top of that I am trying to see if this can be done in powershell as I would like to automate this process in the future.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated
You cannot. MS SQL Server backups are proprietary to MS SQL Server and cannot be used with any other RDBMS. You will need to restore this backup to SQL Server, then use an additional tool to transfer the data from SQL Server into MySQL.
Can you do that second portion through PowerShell? Probably. Though SSIS would probably be a better method.
I'm a PHP developer by profession. I'm using Ubuntu Linux on my machine.
I don't have any idea about .Net framework and MS SQL Server Express database.
I've received a file titled project_db.bak and I have to convert it into project_db.sql in order to import the same database into MySQL.
I searched over the Internet for the solution. I found couple of answers but they are asking to use MS SQL server tools which I can not. I have to achieve this conversion in some other way.
Can someone please help me in this regard?
MS Sql Server typically generates binary backups, so what you have I guess is a backup. To restore it to a "querable" state you will need MS tools or RESTORE statment someway executed against the Motor (that you will need). Once it was "restored" (that is the reverse to a MS backup) you can dump (in MySql terms) with a tool or with a script
Create a Virtual Machine Windows 7 or better.
In the VM make sure you have a second network card that's set to a private network with your Host so you can connect to your Host MySQL you will need a User in your MySQL Server setup that allows connections from your remote network
in this VM install SQL Server, and SQL Server Management Studio & Navicat from that you can then restore the .bak file, once you have it restored. you will need another external tool that allows you to export as another format for this i use Navicat export is as another format. you can then connect to your MySQL Server and import that exported file.
I have a SQL Server backup from my server and I have a comfortable way to access the daily SQL Server backups.
I want to do some asp.net coding using Visual Studio 2012, and I do not want to install SQL Server on my machine since it is too heavy and slowing down the system.
I see that you can add .mdf file to a project and use it as a standard database:
is it possible to do the same with SQL Server backup?
is it possible to extract .mdf file from SQL Server backup without SQL Server?
Thank you in advance,
M.
SQL Server is one programs runs only in service mode, so you need to have it's server running to gain it's services. The answer is NO, but you can use SQL Server Express or other stuff.
After you had a server running, you can use SQL Assembly to access .mdf file directly, not bu addressing server. You will need to create a connection string like :
Server=.\SQLExpress;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|mydbfile.mdf;Database=dbname; Trusted_Connection=Yes;
And put mydbfile.mdf into the Data directory.
I have a asp script that I'm intending to write it with PHP so I have to get its database and use it.
I have the database as .bak file which I understood that it's a backup and I wanna change it to be .sql to import it in phpMyAdmin
I read about this matter in the web but I didn't find an accurate tutorial that goes through the whole process.
They are talking about mssql database but I didn't even reach this step..
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance :)
Note, all of this applies to MS SQL because .bak is a usually a MS SQL backup.
A .bak can't be converted to SQL directly -- it contains a backup of a database which does not have a clear relationship to SQL.
You could restore the backup and then use SQL Server tools and then use that to make some SQL to recreate the SQL server objects but not the dat.
From SQL Server Management Studio: Datbases item, right click "Restore
Database" then from datbase right click script database.
This won't script the data.
The other option is to use RedGate's excellent tools, which should do everything you want.
http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-toolbelt/
Most probably the .bak file is indeed a binary backup of a Microsoft SQL Server database (which is something completely different than MySQL).
So you will first need to install Microsoft SQL Server (Express) together with the SQL Server Management studio (I think there is a bundled download "SQL Server Express including Tools".
In the Management Studio you can then import the .bak file into a new database. Once the import is finished you can use it to create SQL script out of the database.
I need to move a database from SQL Server 2008 to 2005, did the backup format changed or can I import the exported DB in the SQL Server 2005?
The database has tables, views and stored procedures, and it is not using any 2008 specific features.
If it's not possible, would setting the compatibility mode to SQL-Server 2005 (90) help in this case?
Thank you.
Select your database in SSMS, right-click, select Tasks, select Generate Scripts. In the dialog box that pops-up, enable all options, including script data and make sure you select "Script for SQL Server 2005". Execute the generated scripts on your SQL Server 2005 machine. This is workable only for a relatively small database, of course. Else, you'll have to export/import data via bcp.
You won't be able to do this - the backup file contains a version number, and SQL 2005 will refuse to restore the backup. Similarly, you won't be able to detach and reattach the raw data files.
The only option you have, short of upgrading SQL 2005 to 2008, is to export the SQL schema and sprocs using SSMS's ability to generate scripts, and then migrate the data using (for example) BCP or an SSIS package.
There will be third party tools that might be able to help with some of this (for example, a combination of Redgate's SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare). However this is something you will have to research.