Robby on Rails: (more) Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQLthoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:1eb6821aa2b89e9113d0e636553afbdf2005-12-01T20:59:00-05:002006-09-05T22:12:48-04:00(more) Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL<p><a href="http://people.planetpostgresql.org/chriskl/">Christopher Kings-Lynne</a> is getting <a href="http://people.planetpostgresql.org/chriskl/index.php?/archives/50-MySQL-Compatibility-Project-First-Beta-Release.html">ready to release</a> 1.0 of his cool project on PgFoundry called, <a href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/mysqlcompat">MySQL Compatibility Functions</a>.</p>
<p>What does this provide?</p>
<p><em>“A reimplemenation of as many MySQL functions as possible in PostgreSQL, as an aid to porting.”</em></p>
<p>Basically… a bunch of pg/sql functions… to account for all those mysql functions that you all love so much. :-)</p>
<p>For those who feel like they are stuck with MySQL… <a href="http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/mysqlcompat/mysqlcompat/">check this out</a>.</p>
<p>...it’s not too late!</p>
<p>Next Week… I’ll discuss my progress with <a href="http://postgis.refractions.net/">PostGIS</a> and <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a>.</p><p><a href="http://people.planetpostgresql.org/chriskl/">Christopher Kings-Lynne</a> is getting <a href="http://people.planetpostgresql.org/chriskl/index.php?/archives/50-MySQL-Compatibility-Project-First-Beta-Release.html">ready to release</a> 1.0 of his cool project on PgFoundry called, <a href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/mysqlcompat">MySQL Compatibility Functions</a>.</p>
<p>What does this provide?</p>
<p><em>“A reimplemenation of as many MySQL functions as possible in PostgreSQL, as an aid to porting.”</em></p>
<p>Basically… a bunch of pg/sql functions… to account for all those mysql functions that you all love so much. :-)</p>
<p>For those who feel like they are stuck with MySQL… <a href="http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/mysqlcompat/mysqlcompat/">check this out</a>.</p>
<p>...it’s not too late!</p>
<p>Next Week… I’ll discuss my progress with <a href="http://postgis.refractions.net/">PostGIS</a> and <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a>.</p>