Import MySQL database into a MS SQL Server

I have a .sql file from a MySQL dump containing tables, definitions and data to be inserted in these tables. How can I convert this database represented in the dump file to a MS SQL Server database?

Solution 1:

Use SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA)

In addition to MySQL it supports Oracle, Sybase and MS Access.

It appears to be quite smart and capable of handling even nontrivial transfers. It also got some command line interface (in addition to GUI) so theoretically it can be integrated into some batch load process.

This the current download link for MySQL version https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54257

The current (June 2016) stable version 6.0.1 crashes with the current (5.3.6) MySQL ODBC driver while transferring data. Everything 64 bit. The 5.3 version with the 5.1.13 ODBC driver works fine.

Solution 2:

I suggest you to use mysqldump like so:

mysqldump --compatible=mssql

phpMyAdmin is still a web-app and could potentially have some limitations for large databases (script execution time, allocatable memory and so on).

Solution 3:

I found a way for this on the net

It demands a little bit of work, because it has to be done table by table. But anyway, I could copy the tables, data and constraints into a MS SQL database.

Here is the link

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/migrate-mysql-to-mssql.aspx

Solution 4:

If you do an export with PhpMyAdmin, you can switch sql compatibility mode to 'MSSQL'. That way you just run the exported script against your MS SQL database and you're done.

If you cannot or don't want to use PhpMyAdmin, there's also a compatibility option in mysqldump, but personally I'd rather have PhpMyAdmin do it for me.