Export a MySQL Database to SQLite Database

Question

Please help me with exporting a MySQL database into a SQLite database.

Answer 1

mysql2sqlite.sh mentioned in the top post doesn't cope well with PRIMARY KEY lines, it doesn't write the trailing ) to complete the CREATE statement.

This is what I did. I ran the mysql dump as:

mysqldump --skip-create-options --compatible=ansi --skip-extended-insert --compact --single-transaction -h -u -p  > localdb.txt

I then used grep to remove PRIMARY KEY and KEY:

cat localdb.txt | grep -v "PRIMARY KEY' | grep -v KEY > localdb.txt.1

I then used an editor to fix the file. When the keys are removed you end up with a CREATE statement that looks like:

CREATE ...
  ...,
)

That trailing , has to be removed. In vi this expression matches them, ,$\n)

Then you need to change all \' to ''

Then you can do the import:

sqlite3 local.sqlite3 < localdb.txt.1

And that's it. I haven't found a single program that worked for me. I hope this helps someone.