[thelist] Can I convert a MS SQL database to MySQL??

[Flavia Tarzwell (FayeC)]

Hmmmmm......the back up file is in TRN format.....not sure why though.
WHat can I do with that?

Thanks,

Flavia Tarzwell (FayeC)
Web Designer
http://www.fayec.com
ftarzwell at fayec.com



Jay Blanchard wrote:

>[snip]
>As the subject says.....
>My cleint has a forum running on a MS SQL db (.NET forum) and I am 
>trying to give her options for switching to a PHP forum and still keep 
>the current posts she has on her forum.
>Is that possible? And if so how can I get that done?
>[/snip]
>
>Yes, it is possible. You will have to output the data from the MSSQL
>server as csv files and then LOAD DATA INFILE in MySQL
>  
>