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SQL Server to Oracle export using Microsoft OLEDB Provider for Oracle

I am trying to Export Data from SQL Server to Oracle using the "Microsoft OLEDB Provider for Oracle". I am using "Export Data..." option from Task menu. I get to connect to the source database (SQL ...
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What is the best way to migrate multiple databases?

I want to migrate my database server to a new server. Right now I have a database server with Windows Server 2008 and now I am migrating to a new, separate server with Windows Server 2012. There are ...
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Can I open a SQL Server 2008 R2 database in SQL Server 2008 R2 Express?

This question has probably been asked a dozen times but I couldn't find them here or at SO. Can I attach/restore a SQL Server 2008 R2 database to my local SQL 2008 R2 Express instance?
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Migrating a database from SQL Server 2012 to the cloud

I have a sample SQL Server database which is running on my computer. I have a cloud database account on AWS (free account). I want to migrate the database, with all tables, to the cloud. How can I do ...
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Full-text search migration 2005 -> 2012 (.ndf file?)

So I'm trying to figure out the details for migrating from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2012. I tried to do restore and backup of a DB from 2005 to 2012. This worked well and for the text search ...
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DR - Moving databases from Active/Active cluster to Standalone server with LUN sync

We have an active/active cluster on LUNs (with one named instance on each node and a total of an 100 DBs) For DR purpose, LUNs will be replicated (with same drive letters) and attached to a ...
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Migrating from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2 on a different box

We currently have a SQL Server 2005 instance hosting a lot of application specific databases (ArchiveManager, SolarWinds, Kaspersky etc). We are planning to deploy a new SQL Server 2008 R2 instance on ...
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SQL Server migrations go through client machine or not?

I want to migrate a SQL Server db on one machine to another machine. Both machines are remote. If I run the Copy Database wizard, will it pull all the data across the Internet to my client machine and ...
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How to migrate SQL Server to MySQL

I'm trying to migrate a SQL Server db to MySQL, and I'm having a tough time. I've tried: MySQLWorkbench -- migration tool fails because my login only shows views in SQL Server, not the tables ...
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SQL Server to MySQL migration - how can I remove UCS-2 surrogate pairs in SQL Server?

I have been tasked with migrating a SQL Server 2005 database to MySQL 5.6 (these are both database servers runnig locally) and would really appreciate some help. -------Edit - Answered------- This ...
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Migrate SQL Server database to multiple files (shrinkfile emptyfile vs log shipping)

I have a SQL Server 2008 database in production that we are moving onto a new server. The current database has a single ~400GB .MDF file. The new server will be running SQL Server 2012, and we are ...
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Alternative tools to export Oracle database to SQL Server?

I've got an Oracle database that I need to export (schema and data) to SQL Server. I am trying the Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle, but it is horribly slow, grossly inefficient ...
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Migration advice from SQL server 2000 bak

A small and old Windows 2003 server, just crashed; from the backup only the .bak files are available. A new server will be built, however, as the database is very small (20MB) and the Windows server ...
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SSMS Oracle import using OpenQuery over LinkedServer (Oracle Provider for OLEDB) - XML Parsing: unable to switch encoding

I am trying to migrate the data from an OracleDB to an SQL Server Express database. I'm doing this by openquerying a linked server (data provider based on Oracle Provider for OLEDB). Everything works ...
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Migrate DB2 UDB (Iseries) to SQL Server

I'm looking for a tools that allows migration of DB2/UDB databases to SQL Server. It's quite easy migrate schema and data using linked server or import export with SISS. But what about stored ...
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Tools and ETLs for migrating data benchmarking - from shapefile to SQL SERVER [closed]

I need to migrate my shapefiles to my database SQL SERVER, and I don't know what's the best tool or ETLs to choose. I already tried FME Desktop and I succeeded to load the shapefiles on my db, but ...
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How much disk space needed for 100GB of DBs?

Hard to explain in the title, but I'm planning a migration from SQL Server 2000 databases to SQL Server 2008 R2. The databases are under 100GB total space, but this is only with the Simple recovery ...
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Migrating SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008

I'm migrating SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008. I have many views. How do I check each views that if they have an order by clause? Thanks.
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SQL Server 2000 to 2008 to 2012

We are migrating from SQL Server 2000 to 2008 now. We are making lot of changes to code, scripts because there has been a lot of change since 2000 to 2008. While making these changes, What I want to ...
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Generate insert statements for table AND related data

I'm looking to move data from tables and related tables between 2 databases. The trouble is the primary keys are out of sync. Is anyone aware of a tool which can generate insert statements for a ...
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Are SQL Server in-place upgrades as ill advised as they used to be?

I have been working with SQL server on and off since SQL Server 6.5, the old advice that still rings in my head was never to do an in-place upgrade. I'm currently upgrading my 2008 R2 DEV and TEST ...
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Transfer selected information from a SQL Server business server to a MySQL web server?

I have a SQL Server dedicated server used for business information on service users etc, and a VPN with MySQL for the main website operation. I wish to transfer some selected tables from SQL Server to ...
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Migrating database from SQL Server 2005 Enterprise to SQL Server 2008 Standard

I'm attempting to migrate a database from SQL Server 2005 Enterprise to SQL Server 2008 Standard. I've run into an issue because there is a partition function defined in the database of the Enterprise ...
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How to compare two SQL Servers instance level objects for a migration?

I'm currently working on a SQL Server migration (from a SQL Server 2005 to a 2008 R2 server, on a new physical server). The databases themselves will be transferred using a database backup and ...
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What is the easiest way to move data from Oracle to SQL Server?

One of our products supports both Oracle and SQL Server as database backend. We have a customer who wishes to switch from an Oracle backend to Microsoft SQL Server, which isn't a typical transition ...
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Doing a comparison on two csv files with no Primary Key

I'm wondering if in SSIS there is a way to compare two csv files(with the same structure) with no reference key to make a record unique. To give you a better picture from what I mean; In initial load ...
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.NET SQL Server Authentication Schema issue

I am currently working on a project for a client. The application is written in ASP.NET C#. The Database used is SQL Server 2008. The project has been to migrate the old Oracle database to a new SQL ...
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Converting a large SQL Server database to MySQL. Database corruption? Can't access data after transferring

I have gigabytes of tabular data stored in a SQL Server database. I've been trying to migrate it to MySQL using the Migration Toolkit from Oracle. I didn't have any mapping errors and fixed all the ...
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Syncing Database for Server Transition

I'm transitioning from an old web/sql box combined to a much more robust solution on a completely different host (800hosting to RackSpace). Our application has very high uptime requirements. It runs ...
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Tutorial for data migration with material [closed]

Looking for material about data migration between two system. The source database has data and need to be transferred to a specific target database. Where can I find the data material? The purpose ...
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Should I migrate data using detach/copy/attach or through backup-restore-replay?

I am about to embark on migrating database files to a new SAN (from an old SAN) abd I have a couple of options to implement this. (1) It was suggested that I look into the level of effort of restoring ...
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Tools for synchronizing database schema with Oracle, SQL-Server and Netezza databases

I'm looking for software tools to move database schema for Oracle, SQL Server and Netezza. We use Oracle for our ODS, Netezza for our Data Warehouse (for it's bulk loading capabilities) and SQL ...
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Moving database to another SQL Server instance

I have an old database running on compatibility level 6.5 on a SQL Server 2005 instance. The support for compatibility level 6.5 has been deprecated as of 2005 and removed on 2008. The place where I ...
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SQL Server to Oracle Export - Data conversion error

I have a rather weird problem with exporting a bunch of tables from SQL Server 2005 to Oracle database. I have SQL Agent job that deletes Oracle tables, recreates them and then exports the data using ...
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Data migration between databases in the same instance

I have two almost identical (structurally) databases: Documents DocumentsOld The original database existed before table partitioning was available, so the solution they found was to create the ...
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Validate and Verify Data After SAN Migration

We are preparing to migrate to a new SAN and I have been tasked with verifying/validating data after migrating a server. Other than the DBCC commands that would tell me about data integrity, and ...
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How do you migrate a database from SQL Server 2008 to MySQL?

I'm just getting into MySQL, so forgive me if this is a basic question. For my application I need to migrate my database from SQL Server 2008 R2 to MySQL. Is there any mechanism or technique or ...
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bcp database migration

I want one server to migrate the database to another server. On another server database already exists, then ist all the tables, but they are empty and I want to fill. For the filling, I want to use ...
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Migrate Data and/or Schema from DBv1 to DBv2

I have a production database which has been plugging away for several months. I have been making modifications to a duplicate copy on a test/dev server. I've added some additional fields (null ...
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Workload analysis before migration

Does anybody have a recommendation on which performance counters to collect and/or templates to use on the profiler before migrating SQL databases? The purpose is to evaluate the workload and make ...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Ent trial expired move to express?

So someone let our SQL server 2008 R2 enterprise trial expire on a web server. It was part of a plan to restart a project and move everything we had over to MySql instead. We don't need anything ...
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A Non-DBA Asks: How to Painlessly Copy/Move a SQL Server instance to another Server via Backup/Restore?

We've just got a new server so I need to copy the existing SQL Server 2008 instance over from the old db box. I normally do this by copying .mdf and log files over and attaching them but I'm not able ...
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Migrating from ntext to NVARCHAR(MAX)

I have table with the columns of type ntext.And for some peculiar reasons, client want to migrate the column type to NVARCHAR(MAX). While doing so , what all potential threat should i be careful ...
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Moving tables to another SQL2008 database (including indexes, triggers, etc.)

I need to move a whole bunch (100+) of large (millions of rows) tables from one SQL2008 database to another. I originally just used the Import/Export Wizard, but all the destination tables were ...
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SQL Server Migration restore backup vs copy data and log files

Hey guys, I'm tasked with doing a SQL Server 2000 to 2005 migration. I will be doing a side-by-side migration. I've read from a few different sources that I can either: perform a backup of the ...