Re: Importing *huge* mysql database into pgsql

From: Csaba Nagy <nagy(at)ecircle-ag(dot)com>
To: "(dot)ep" <erick(dot)papa(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Importing *huge* mysql database into pgsql
Date: 2007-03-06 14:43:49
Message-ID: 1173192229.9058.18.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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> I would like to convert a mysql database with 5 million records and
> growing, to a pgsql database.

I wouldn't qualify 5 million as "huge". We have here several 100 million
sized tables, and I still think it's a medium sized DB...

> All the stuff I have come across on the net has things like
> "mysqldump" and "psql -f", which sounds like I will be sitting forever
> getting this to work.

Why do you think that would be running forever ? It should be fast
enough. Or you mean it's "forever" measured in development effort ? I
would say you should give it a go, it shouldn't be that bad...

Cheers,
Csaba.

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