DB conversion :: Thanks!

Lance F. Squire lance-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Thu Oct 23 13:13:51 UTC 2003


cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote:
>>Is there an easy way to convert from Postgres to MySQL?
> 
> 
> There can't be, because a great deal of the functionality would require
> that you add substantial code to your application since MySQL does
> minimal if any validation of input, and does not support vital features
> such as triggers, stored procedures, and VIEWs.
> 
> The only way you are likely to be able to convert a relational database
> application to use MySQL is if you are using your database in the most
> impoverished way.
> --

Thankfuly its a simple storage/retreval system, so nothing special.
Thanks for the explination, and THANK YOU to all who pointed to the 
AUTO_INCREMENT command.

I was pouring over the MySql web docs, but didn't find it....

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