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Topic: How to change forum database from access to Mysql?

Posted By: bulu4uu
Subject: How to change forum database from access to Mysql?
Date Posted: 29 March 2015 at 2:04am

Hello Team,

Kindly let me know if there is a scope to change the database of the existing forum from Access to Mysql?

kindly let me know if there is a tutorial for the same

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 30 March 2015 at 10:22am

As Access and SQL Server are both relational databases systems mySQL is not.

This means that the mySQL version of Web Wiz Forums uses a different database schema compared to the Access and SQL Server versions and therefore it would be extremely migrating from Access to mySQL.

It is much easier to migrate from Access to the SQL Server version and there are tools such as the Microsoft Access Migration Assistant that can convert your Access database to SQL Server.

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Posted By: bulu4uu
Date Posted: 02 April 2015 at 2:43am

All right then kindly help me in migrating the access database to MSSQL please

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 02 April 2015 at 9:17am

The Microsoft Access Migration Assistant can convert your Access database to SQL Server.

You can download it from the page below;

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=42656" rel="nofollow - http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=42656

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