Mysql server does not support 4-byte encoded utf8 characters

Question

I\'ve received a server error running a Data transfer component from Sql Server to MySql db. The error message reads as follows:

[MySql][ODBC 5.1 Driver][mys

Answer 1

1. Update your MySQL to 5.5.3 and use utf8mb4 for column encoding.

2. Force copy

3. Create a new table in SQLServer with the same structure as the table you need to copy

4. Change the new table's column nvarchar(size) -> varchar(size x 2)

5. Copy the data into the new table

6. Copy the SQLServer's data from the new table to MySQL