Installing a driver for Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase ASE in Linux and Mac

Monday, February 18th, 2013

In a recent post we showed you how to migrate a SQL Server database to MySQL. There, we used the oficial Microsoft ODBC driver and that's OK if you are running MySQL Workbench in Windows. But what if your desktop OS is some Linux variant or Mac OS X? It turns out ...

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How-To: Migrate PostgreSQL databases to MySQL using the MySQL Workbench Migration Wizard

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

MySQL Workbench 5.2.41 introduced the new Migration Wizard module. This module allows you to easily and quickly migrate databases from various RDBMS products to MySQL. As of Workbench 5.2.44 you can migrate databases from Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise. It also provides for generic migrations, i.e. ...

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How-To: Guide to Database Migration from Microsoft SQL Server using MySQL Workbench

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

MySQL Workbench 5.2.41 introduces a new Migration Wizard module. This module allows you to easily and quickly migrate databases from various RDBMS products to MySQL. In this initial version, migrations from Microsoft SQL Server are supported, but it should also be possible to migrate from most ODBC capable RDBMS as ...

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