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Migrate a database from MySQL to IBM Informix Innovator-C Edition, Part 2: Step-by-step walk-through of the migration process

Sanjit Chakraborty (sanjitc@us.ibm.com), Advisory Software Engineer, IBM
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Sanjit Chakraborty is a member of the Down System and Diagnostics Team for IBM Informix Technical Support, which is responsible for handling critical customer situations and developing support tools for use by the Technical Support Organization. Sanjit has worked more than 15 years in the information technology industry in various roles. He is an IBM Certified System Administrator for Informix and DB2, and a designated archiving subject matter expert. Sanjit developed several Informix features and Down System Support tools. He is also an author and technical reviewer of many technical articles, tutorials, and training course materials on various Informix topics.

Summary:  IBM® Informix® Innovator-C Edition is free to download and deploy, and provides a strong, reliable, easy-to-administer foundation for your database applications. This tutorial is Part 2 of a series about migrating from MySQL to Informix Innovator-C Edition. Part 1 compared and contrasted MySQL and Informix Innovator-C, and examined their architectural differences. Now in Part 2, walk through a migration from MySQL to Informix, step by step. This tutorial provides a conversion methodology and discusses the processes for migrating both database objects and data. It includes a discussion of SQL differences and shows how to migrate tables, views, stored procedures, functions, triggers, and more.

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Date:  17 Feb 2011
Level:  Intermediate
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About this series

Thinking about migrating from MySQL to Informix? If so, you're in the right spot. This migration series covers all the basics—the topics you'll need to understand before you start the migration process.

About this tutorial

This tutorial describes the database migration process from MySQL to Informix Innovator-C Edition.

Objectives

On completion of this tutorial, you should be able to:

  • Understand how to install Informix Innovator-C Edition
  • Know what you should consider when preparing to migrate
  • Understand the Informix instance configuration process
  • Migrate database objects and data

Prerequisites

This tutorial is geared toward database administrators (DBAs) familiar with basic database concepts. You should first read Part 1 to understand the differences between the products.

System requirements

You do not need a copy of Informix to complete this tutorial. However, you will get more out of the tutorial if you download the free trial version of Informix Innovator-C Edition to work along with this tutorial. (See Resources.)

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