On 5 oct, 01:06, dmag...@gmail.com (Chris) wrote:
> Jeff Lanzarotta wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I have a MySQL dump file that I would like to import into our PostgreSQL
> > 8.2 database. Is there a way to do this?
>
> You'll need to convert the table definitions then the data.
>
> For example, mysql has int(11) columns, postgres only has int columns.
>
> I usually convert the tables, then do a csv dump from mysql:
>
> select * from table into outfile '/path/to/file';
>
> then import into postgres:
>
> \copy table from '/path/to/file'
>
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hi! but what happens when somebody sent you a dump file and you can't
convert the tables? all i have is a 116MB sql file, and i won't
convert it by hand :P
