Import MySQL dump to PostgreSQL database

Question

How can I import an \"xxxx.sql\" dump from MySQL to a PostgreSQL database?

Answer 1

The fastest (and most complete) way I found was to use Kettle. This will also generate the needed tables, convert the indexes and everything else. The mysqldump compatibility argument does not work.

The steps:

1. Download Pentaho ETL from http://kettle.pentaho.org/ (community version)

2. Unzip and run Pentaho (spoon.sh/spoon.bat depending on unix/windows)

3. Create a new job

4. Create a database connection for the MySQL source (Tools -> Wizard -> Create database connection)

5. Create a database connection for the PostgreSQL source (as above)

6. Run the Copy Tables wizard (Tools -> Wizard -> Copy Tables)

7. Run the job