• Convert Microsoft SQL Server databases to MySQL databases
    ' this program converts Microsoft SQL Server databases to MySQL databases

    ' (c) 2001-2005 Michael Kofler
    ' http://www.kofler.cc/mysql
    ' mssql2mysql-at-kofler.cc

    ' LICENSE: GPL (Gnu Public License)
    ' VERSION: 0.12 (Mar 31st 2005)
    '
    ' HISTORY:
    ' 0.01 (Jan. 18 2001): initial version
    ' 0.02 (June 23 2001): better handling of decimal numbers
    ' by
    ' 0.03 (August 7 2001): compatibility with Office 97
    ' by
    ' (uncomment Replace function at the end of the script!)
    ' 0.04 (September 30 2001): slightly faster (ideas by
    ' janivar-at-acos.no)
    ' 0.05 (April 8 2002): compatible with MyODBC 3.51
    ' (set variable MyODBCVersion accordingly!)
    ' thanks to Silvio Iaccarino
    ' 0.05a (October 17 2002): support for BIGINT
    ' thanks to Ugo Gioia
    ' 0.06 (December 18 2002): support for adBinary (thanks to Roberto Alicata)
    ' changed handling of TIMESTAMP (Michael Kofler):
    ' TIMESTAMP (MSSQL) --> TINYBLOB (MySQL)
    ' 0.07 (Jan. 27th 2003): support no-standard ports for MySQL
    ' 0.08 (Apr. 30th 2003): Boolean now converts to 1/0 instead of -1/0
    ' for True/False (Michael Kofler)
    ' 0.09 (Aug. 19th 2003): better GUID conversion (Hermann Wiesner)
    ' 0.10 (Nov. 12th 2003): better handling of table and field names
    ' in function MySQLName (Carlo)
    ' 0.11 (Mar. 2nd 2005): needs MySQL 4.1 or higher!
    ' new functions: - supports myisam and innodb tables
    ' - per default all text columns are now created with character
    ' set utf8and collation utf8_general_ci; you may choose another
    ' charset + collation (constants CHARSET and COLLATION)
    ' 0.12 (Mar. 31st 2005): ignores hypothetical indexes (thanks to Brian K. Andersen)

    ' USEAGE:
    ' 1) copy this code into a new VBA 6 module
    ' (i.e. start Excel 2000 or Word 2000 or another
    ' program with VBA editor, hit Alt+F11, execute
    ' Insert|Module, insert code)
    ' OR copy code into an empty form of a new VB6 project
    '
    ' 2) change the constants at the beginning of the code,
    ' 3) hit F5 and execute Main()
    ' the program now connects to Microsoft SQL Server
    ' and converts the database; the resulting SQL commands
    ' are either saved in an ASCII file or executed immediately

    ' FUNCTION:
    ' converts both schema (tables and indices) and
    ' data (numbers, strings, dates etc.)
    ' handles table and column names which are not legal in MySQL (see MySQLName())

    ' LIMITATIONS:
    ' no foreign keys
    ' no SPs, no triggers (MSSQL syntax incompatible to MySQL)
    ' no views
    ' no user defined data types (not yet supported by MySQL)
    ' AUTO_INCREMENTs: MySQL does not support tables with more
    ' than one AUTO_INCREMENT column; the AUTO_INCREMENT column
    ' must also be a key column; the converter does not check this,
    ' so use MSSQL to add an index to the AUTO_INCREMENT column
    ' before starting the conversion
    ' no privileges/access infos (the idea of logins/users in M$ SQL Server
    ' is incompatible with user/group/database/table/column
    ' privileges of MySQL)
    ' cannot handle ADO type adFileTime yet
    ' GUIDs not tested
    ' fairly slow and no visible feedback during conversion process
    ' for example, it takes 80 seconds to convert Northwind (2.8 MB data)
    ' with M$SQL running on PII 350 (CPU=0) and this script running in
    ' Excel 2000 on PII 400 (CPU=100); unfortunately, compiling the program
    ' with VB6 does not make it any faster
    ' tip: test with MAX_RECORDS = 10 first to see if it works for you at all

    ' INTERNALS:
    ' method: read database schema using DMO
    ' read data using a ADO recordset

    ' NECESSARY LIBRARIES:
    ' ADODB (tested with 2.8, should also run with all versions >=2.1)
    ' Connector/ODBC (testet with 3.51.11, should also run with older versions;
    ' if you use MySQL server >= 4.1,
    ' you MUST use Connector/ODBC >= 3.51.10!!!)
    ' SQLDMO (tested with the version provided by M$ SQL Server 2000)
    ' SCRIPTING

    Option Explicit
    Option Compare Text

    ' -------------- change these constants before use!

    'M$ SQL Server
    Const MSSQL_SECURE_LOGIN = True 'login type (True for NT security)
    Const MSSQL_LOGIN_NAME = "" 'login name (for NT security use "" here)
    Const MSSQL_PASSWORD = "" 'password (for NT security use "" here)
    Const MSSQL_HOST = "(local)" 'hostname of M$ SQL Server; if localhost: use "(local)"
    Const MSSQL_DB_NAME = "Northwind" 'database name

    Const OUTPUT_TO_FILE = 0 '1 --> write file (latin1 encoding);
    '0 --> connect to MySQL, execute SQL commands directly

    'output file (only needed if OUTPUT_TO_FILE=1)
    Const OUTPUT_FILENAME = "c:\export.sql"

    'connect to MySQL (only needed if OUTPUT_TO_FILE=0)
    Const MYSQL_USER_NAME = "root" 'login name
    Const MYSQL_PASSWORD = "uranus" 'password
    Const MYSQL_HOST = "192.168.80.128" 'if localhost: use "localhost"
    Const MYSQL_PORT = 3306 'change if you use another port
    Const MyODBCVersion = "MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver"
    'for MyODBC 2.51.* use "MySQL"

    Const NEW_DB_NAME = "" 'name of new MySQL database ("" if same as M$SQL db name)
    'conversion options
    Const DROP_DATABASE = True 'begin with DROP dbname?
    Const MAX_RECORDS = 0 'max. nr of records per table (0 for all records, n for testing purposes)
    Const VARCHAR_MAX = 255 'max. nr of characters in VARCHAR
    '255 for MySQL <=5.0.2
    'ca. 32000 for MySQL >= 5.0.3 (depends on char. set, max. 65535 bytes)
    Const TABLE_ENGINE = "InnoDB" 'MyISAM or InnoDB
    Const CHARSET = "utf8" 'character set for all text columns
    Const COLLATION = "" 'collation; leave empty if you want to use the default collation for
    'the specified character set

    ' ----------------------------- don't change below here (unless you know what you are doing)

    Const SQLDMOIndex_DRIPrimaryKey = 2048
    Const SQLDMOIndex_Unique = 2
    Const adEmpty = 0
    Const adTinyInt = 16
    Const adSmallInt = 2
    Const adInteger = 3
    Const adBigInt = 20
    Const adUnsignedTinyInt = 17
    Const adUnsignedSmallInt = 18
    Const adUnsignedInt = 19
    Const adUnsignedBigInt = 21
    Const adSingle = 4
    Const adDouble = 5
    Const adCurrency = 6
    Const adDecimal = 14
    Const adNumeric = 131
    Const adBoolean = 11
    Const adError = 10
    Const adUserDefined = 132
    Const adVariant = 12
    Const adIDispatch = 9
    Const adIUnknown = 13
    Const adGUID = 72
    Const adDate = 7
    Const adDBDate = 133
    Const adDBTime = 134
    Const adDBTimeStamp = 135
    Const adBSTR = 8
    Const adChar = 129
    Const adVarChar = 200
    Const adLongVarChar = 201
    Const adWChar = 130
    Const adVarWChar = 202
    Const adLongVarWChar = 203
    Const adBinary = 128
    Const adVarBinary = 204
    Const adLongVarBinary = 205
    Const adChapter = 136
    Const adFileTime = 64
    Const adPropVariant = 138
    Const adVarNumeric = 139
    Const adArray = &H2000

    Public dmoApplic 'As New SQLDMO.Application 'SQLDMO Application object
    Public dmoSrv 'As New SQLDMO.SQLServer 'SQLDMO Server object
    Public mssqlConn 'As New Connection 'ADO Connection to M$ SQL Server
    Public mysqlConn 'As New Connection 'ADO Connection to MySQL
    Public fso 'As Scripting.FileSystemObject
    Public fileout 'AS FSO.TextStream

    Public Sub Main()
    Set dmoApplic = CreateObject("SQLDMO.Application")
    Set dmoSrv = CreateObject("SQLDMO.SQLServer")
    Set mssqlConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
    Set mysqlConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    ConnectToDatabases
    ConvertDatabase
    MsgBox "done"
    End Sub

    ' connect to M$ SQL Server and MySQL
    Private Sub ConnectToDatabases()
    dmoSrv.LoginTimeout = 10
    On Error Resume Next

    ' DMO connection to M$ SQL Server
    If MSSQL_SECURE_LOGIN Then
    dmoSrv.LoginSecure = True
    dmoSrv.Connect MSSQL_HOST
    Else
    dmoSrv.LoginSecure = False
    dmoSrv.Connect MSSQL_HOST, MSSQL_LOGIN_NAME, MSSQL_PASSWORD
    End If
    If Err Then
    MsgBox "Sorry, cannot connect to M$ SQL Server. " & _
    "Please edit the MSSQL constats at the beginning " & _
    "of the code." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Error
    End
    End If

    ' ADO connection to M$ SQL Server
    Dim tmpCStr$
    tmpCStr = _
    "Provider=SQLOLEDB;" & _
    "Data Source=" & MSSQL_HOST & ";" & _
    "Initial Catalog=" & MSSQL_DB_NAME & ";"
    If MSSQL_SECURE_LOGIN Then
    tmpCStr = tmpCStr & "Integrated Security=SSPI"
    Else
    tmpCStr = tmpCStr & _
    "User ID=" & MSSQL_LOGIN_NAME & ";" & _
    "Password=" & MSSQL_PASSWORD
    End If
    mssqlConn.ConnectionString = tmpCStr
    mssqlConn.Open
    If Err Then
    MsgBox "Sorry, cannot connect to M$ SQL Server. " & _
    "Please edit the MSSQL constats at the beginning " & _
    "of the code." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Error
    End
    End If

    ' ADO connection to MySQL or open output file
    If (OUTPUT_TO_FILE = 0) Then
    mysqlConn.ConnectionString = _
    "Provider=MSDASQL;" & _
    "Driver=" & MyODBCVersion & ";" & _
    "Server=" & MYSQL_HOST & ";" & _
    "UID=" & MYSQL_USER_NAME & ";" & _
    "PWD=" & MYSQL_PASSWORD & ";" & _
    "Port=" & MYSQL_PORT
    mysqlConn.Open
    If Err Then
    MsgBox "Sorry, cannot connect to MySQL. " & _
    "Please edit the MYSQL constats at the beginning " & _
    "of the code." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Error
    End
    End If
    Else
    Set fileout = fso.CreateTextFile(OUTPUT_FILENAME, Overwrite:=True)
    End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub ConvertDatabase()
    ' copy database schema
    Dim dmoDB 'As SQLDMO.Database
    Set dmoDB = dmoSrv.Databases(MSSQL_DB_NAME)
    DBDefinition dmoDB
    ' copy data
    CopyDB dmoDB
    End Sub

    ' build SQL code to define one column
    ' ColDefinition$(col As SQLDMO.Column)
    Function ColDefinition$(col)
    Dim cdef$
    cdef = MySQLName(col.Name) & " " & DataType(col)
    If col.Default <> "" Then
    cdef = cdef & " DEFAULT " & col.Default
    End If
    If col.AllowNulls Then
    cdef = cdef & " NULL"
    Else
    cdef = cdef & " NOT NULL"
    End If
    If col.Identity Then
    cdef = cdef & " AUTO_INCREMENT"
    End If
    ColDefinition = cdef
    End Function

    ' datatype transition M$ SQL Server --> MySQL
    ' DataType$(col As SQLDMO.Column)
    Function DataType$(col)
    Dim oldtype$, length&, precision&, scal&
    Dim newtype$

    oldtype = col.PhysicalDatatype
    length = col.length
    precision = col.NumericPrecision
    scal = col.NumericScale
    If LCase(oldtype) = "money" Then
    precision = 19
    scal = 4
    ElseIf LCase(oldtype) = "smallmoney" Then
    precision = 10
    scal = 4
    End If

    Select Case LCase(oldtype)

    ' integers
    Case "bit", "tinyint"
    newtype = "TINYINT"
    Case "smallint"
    newtype = "SMALLINT"
    Case "int"
    newtype = "INT"
    Case "bigint"
    newtype = "BIGINT"

    ' floating points
    Case "float"
    newtype = "DOUBLE"
    Case "real"
    newtype = "FLOAT"
    Case "decimal", "numeric", "money", "smallmoney"
    newtype = "DECIMAL(" & precision & ", " & scal & ")"

    ' strings
    Case "char", "nchar"
    If length < 255 Then
    newtype = "CHAR(" & length & ")"
    Else
    newtype = "TEXT"
    End If
    Case "varchar", "nvarchar"
    If length < VARCHAR_MAX Then
    newtype = "VARCHAR(" & length & ")"
    Else
    newtype = "TEXT"
    End If
    Case "text", "ntext"
    newtype = "LONGTEXT"

    ' date/time
    Case "datetime", "smalldatetime"
    newtype = "DATETIME"
    Case "timestamp"
    newtype = "TINYBLOB"

    ' binary and other
    Case "uniqueidentifier"
    newtype = "TINYBLOB"
    Case "binary", "varbinary"
    newtype = "BLOB"
    Case "image"
    newtype = "LONGBLOB"

    Case Else
    ' unknown data type, not supported
    Stop
    End Select

    DataType = newtype
    End Function

    ' IndexDefinition$(tbl As SQLDMO.Table, idx As SQLDMO.Index)
    Function IndexDefinition$(tbl, idx)
    Dim i&
    Dim tmp$
    Dim col 'As SQLDMO.Column
    ' don't deal with system indices (used i.e. to ensure ref. integr.)
    If Left$(idx.Name, 1) = "_" Or Left$(idx.Name, 5) = "hind_" Then Exit Function
    ' index type (very incomplete !!!)
    If idx.Type And SQLDMOIndex_DRIPrimaryKey Then
    tmp = tmp & "PRIMARY KEY"
    ElseIf idx.Type And SQLDMOIndex_Unique Then
    tmp = tmp & "UNIQUE " & MySQLName(idx.Name)
    Else
    tmp = tmp & "INDEX " & MySQLName(idx.Name)
    End If
    ' index columns
    tmp = tmp & "("
    For i = 1 To idx.ListIndexedColumns.Count
    Set col = idx.ListIndexedColumns(i)
    tmp = tmp & MySQLName(col.Name)
    ' specify index length
    If Right$(DataType(col), 4) = "BLOB" Or Right$(DataType(col), 4) = "TEXT" Then
    tmp = tmp & "(" & IIf(col.length < 255, col.length, 255) & ")"
    End If
    ' seperate, if more than one index column
    If i < idx.ListIndexedColumns.Count Then tmp = tmp & ","
    Next
    tmp = tmp & ")"
    IndexDefinition = tmp
    End Function

    ' build SQL code to define one table
    ' TableDefinition$(tbl As SQLDMO.Table)
    Function TableDefinition$(tbl)
    Dim i&
    Dim tmp$, ixdef$
    ' table
    tmp = "CREATE TABLE " & _
    NewDBName(tbl.Parent) & "." & MySQLName(tbl.Name) & vbCrLf & "("
    For i = 1 To tbl.Columns.Count
    tmp = tmp & ColDefinition(tbl.Columns(i))
    If i < tbl.Columns.Count Then
    tmp = tmp & ", " & vbCrLf
    End If
    Next
    ' indices
    For i = 1 To tbl.Indexes.Count
    ixdef = IndexDefinition(tbl, tbl.Indexes(i))
    If ixdef <> "" Then
    tmp = tmp & ", " & vbCrLf & ixdef
    End If
    Next
    tmp = tmp & ")"
    ' engine
    tmp = tmp & " ENGINE " & TABLE_ENGINE
    ' characterset
    tmp = tmp & " CHARACTER SET " & CHARSET
    ' collation
    If COLLATION <> "" Then
    tmp = tmp & " COLLATION " & COLLATION
    End If
    TableDefinition = tmp
    End Function

    ' build SQL code to define database (all tables)
    ' DBDefinition(db As SQLDMO.Database)
    Sub DBDefinition(db)
    Dim i&
    Dim sql, dbname$
    dbname = NewDBName(db)
    If DROP_DATABASE Then
    sql = "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS " & dbname
    ExecuteSQL sql
    End If
    sql = "CREATE DATABASE " & dbname
    ExecuteSQL sql
    For i = 1 To db.Tables.Count
    If Not db.Tables(i).SystemObject Then
    sql = TableDefinition(db.Tables(i))
    ExecuteSQL sql
    End If
    Next
    End Sub

    ' copy content of all M$ SQL Server tables to new MySQL database
    ' CopyDB(msdb As SQLDMO.Database)
    Sub CopyDB(msdb)
    Dim i&
    Dim tmp$
    ExecuteSQL "USE " & NewDBName(msdb)
    For i = 1 To msdb.Tables.Count
    If Not msdb.Tables(i).SystemObject Then
    CopyTable msdb.Tables(i)
    End If
    Next
    End Sub

    ' copy content of one table from M$ SQL Server to MySQL
    ' CopyTable(mstable As SQLDMO.Table)
    Sub CopyTable(mstable)
    Dim rec ' As Recordset
    Dim sqlInsert$, sqlValues$
    Dim i&, recordCounter&
    Set rec = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
    rec.Open "SELECT * FROM [" & mstable.Name & "]", mssqlConn
    ' build beginning statement of SQL INSERT command
    ' for example: INSERT INTO tablename (column1, column2)
    sqlInsert = "INSERT INTO " & MySQLName(mstable.Name) & " ("
    For i = 0 To rec.Fields.Count - 1
    sqlInsert = sqlInsert & MySQLName(rec.Fields(i).Name)
    If i <> rec.Fields.Count - 1 Then
    sqlInsert = sqlInsert & ", "
    End If
    Next
    sqlInsert = sqlInsert & ") "
    ' for each recordset in M$SS table: build sql statement
    Do While Not rec.EOF
    sqlValues = ""
    For i = 0 To rec.Fields.Count - 1
    sqlValues = sqlValues & DataValue(rec.Fields(i))
    If i <> rec.Fields.Count - 1 Then
    sqlValues = sqlValues & ", "
    End If
    Next
    ExecuteSQL sqlInsert & " VALUES(" & sqlValues & ")"
    rec.MoveNext
    ' counter
    recordCounter = recordCounter + 1
    If MAX_RECORDS <> 0 Then
    If recordCounter >= MAX_RECORDS Then Exit Do
    End If
    Loop
    End Sub

    ' data transition M$ SQL Server --> MySQL
    ' DataValue$(fld As ADO.Field)
    Function DataValue$(fld)
    If IsNull(fld.Value) Then
    DataValue = "NULL"
    Else

    Select Case fld.Type

    ' integer numbers
    Case adBigInt, adInteger, adSmallInt, adTinyInt, adUnsignedBigInt, adUnsignedInt, adUnsignedSmallInt, adUnsignedTinyInt
    DataValue = fld.Value

    ' decimal numbers
    Case adCurrency, adDecimal, adDouble, adNumeric, adSingle, adVarNumeric
    DataValue = Str(fld.Value)
    If Not InStr(DataValue, ".") > 0 Then
    DataValue = DataValue & ".0"
    End If

    ' boolean
    Case adBoolean
    DataValue = IIf(fld.Value, 1, 0)

    ' date, time
    Case adDate, adDBDate, adDBTime
    DataValue = Format(fld.Value, "'yyyy-mm-dd Hh:Nn:Ss'")
    Case adDBTimeStamp
    DataValue = Format(fld.Value, "yyyymmddHhNnSs")
    Case adFileTime
    ' todo
    Beep
    Stop

    ' strings
    Case adBSTR, adChar, adLongVarChar, adVarChar, adLongVarWChar, adVarWChar, adWChar
    DataValue = "'" & Quote(fld.Value) & "'"

    ' binary and other
    Case adGUID
    DataValue = HexCodeGUID(fld.Value)
    Case adLongVarBinary, adVarBinary
    DataValue = HexCode(fld.Value)

    End Select
    End If
    End Function

    ' converts a Byte-array into a hex string
    ' HexCode$(bytedata() As Byte)
    Function HexCode(bytedata)
    Dim i&
    Dim tmp$
    tmp = ""
    For i = LBound(bytedata) To UBound(bytedata)
    If bytedata(i) <= 15 Then
    tmp = tmp + "0" + Hex(bytedata(i))
    Else
    tmp = tmp + Hex(bytedata(i))
    End If
    Next
    HexCode = "0x" + tmp
    End Function

    ' converts a String into a hex string
    ' HexCode$(bytedata() As Byte)
    Function HexCodeStr(bytedata)
    Dim i&, b&
    Dim tmp$
    tmp = ""
    For i = 1 To LenB(bytedata)
    b = AscB(MidB(bytedata, i, 1))
    If b <= 15 Then
    tmp = tmp + "0" + Hex(b)
    Else
    tmp = tmp + Hex(b)
    End If
    Next
    HexCodeStr = "0x" + tmp
    End Function

    ' returns name of new database
    ' NewDBName$(db As SQLDMO.Database)
    Function NewDBName$(db)
    If NEW_DB_NAME = "" Then
    NewDBName = db.Name
    Else
    NewDBName = NEW_DB_NAME
    End If
    End Function

    ' quote ' " and \; replace chr(0) by \0
    Function Quote(tmp)
    tmp = Replace(tmp, "\", "\\")
    tmp = Replace(tmp, """", "\""")
    tmp = Replace(tmp, "'", "\'")
    Quote = Replace(tmp, Chr(0), "\0")
    End Function

    ' to translate MSSQL names to legal MySQL names
    ' replace blank, -, ( and ) by '_'
    Function MySQLName(tmp)
    tmp = Replace(tmp, " ", "_")
    tmp = Replace(tmp, "-", "_")
    tmp = Replace(tmp, "(", "_")
    MySQLName = "`" & Replace(tmp, ")", "_") & "`"
    End Function

    ' either execute SQL command or write it into file
    Function ExecuteSQL(sql)
    If OUTPUT_TO_FILE Then
    fileout.WriteLine sql & ";"
    If Left$(sql, 6) <> "INSERT" Then
    fileout.WriteLine
    End If
    Else
    mysqlConn.Execute sql
    End If
    End Function

    ' this event procedures starts the converter if it is run as a VB6 programm
    Private Sub Form_Load()
    Main
    End
    End Sub

    ' converts a GUID string into a hex string without format
    Function HexCodeGUID(bytedata)
    Dim tmp$
    If Len(bytedata) = 38 Then
    tmp = Mid(bytedata, 2, 8) + Mid(bytedata, 11, 4) + Mid(bytedata, 16, 4) _
    + Mid(bytedata, 21, 4) + Mid(bytedata, 26, 12)
    Else
    tmp = "00"
    End If
    HexCodeGUID = "0x" + tmp
    End Function


    ' uncomment the following lines if you are using Office 97,
    ' which does not have the Replace function include; please
    ' note that this Replace function is much slower than the
    ' built-in version in Office 2000/VB6
    '
    ' to replace all occurrences of a string within a string
    ' Function Replace(tmp, fromStr, toStr)
    ' Dim leftOff&
    ' Dim pos&
    ' leftOff = 1
    ' Do While InStr$(leftOff, tmp, fromStr) > 0
    ' pos = InStr$(leftOff, tmp, fromStr)
    ' tmp = Left$(tmp, pos - 1) + toStr + Mid$(tmp, pos + Len(fromStr), Len(tmp))
    ' leftOff = pos + Len(fromStr) + 1
    ' Loop
    ' Replace = tmp
    ' End Function

    Ref: http://kofler.info/uploads/mysql/mssql2mysql.txt

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    Common Required Packages

    Following RPM are required to setup a normal Mysql database server.

    1. mysql-server
    2. mysql
    3. php-mysql (if php is going to access mysql)

    Use rpm command to install these packages.

    Eg:

    [root@tmp server]# rpm -ivh mysql-server-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2

    Configuration file

    /etc/my.cnf

    The /etc/my.cnf file is the main MySQL configuration file. It sets the default MySQL database location and other parameters.

    Port

    Mysql default port is 3306

    Setting up root password
    First Time

    mysqladmin -uroot password $MYSQLPW

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    Reset Root Password on running Mysql

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    [root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld stop

    2. Start again with mysqlsafe

    [root@localhost ~]# mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables &

    3. From another terminal,

    [root@localhost ~]# mysql -u root

    mysql> use mysql;
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    mysql> flush privileges;
    mysql> quit

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    4. Restart Mysql

    [root@localhost ~]# /etc/init.d/mysqld restart

    Accessing The MySQL Command Line

    MySQL command line interpreter (CLI) can be accessed as follows.

    [root@localhost ~]# mysql -u root -p
    Enter password:
    Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
    Your MySQL connection id is 53
    Server version: 5.0.77 Source distribution

    Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

    mysql>

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    1. List the databases in the server.

    mysql> show databases;

    2. Create a database

    mysql> create database mynewdatabasename;

    3. Delete a databse(drop)

    mysql> drop database unwanteddatabasename;

    4. create a user

    mysql> create user newusername;

    5. List the users

    mysql> select user from mysql.user;

    6. Providing privilages to one user on one database

    mysql> grant all privileges on database.* to username@"servername" identified by 'password';

    mysql> flush privileges;

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    mysql> drop user test;

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    Eg:

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    Using this method, we can create a backup as sql file. If the case is a huge database, we can use the standard pipes to dump and zip.

    Eg:

    mysqldump -uroot -pmysecret --database mybigdatabase | gzip -c > mybigdatabase.sql.gz;

    In Some time, putting the password in command will cause security problems. In such case, we can use mysqldump in the following manner.

    [root@localhost ~]# mysqldump -u root -p database > database.sql

    in this case we will be asked for the root password when the command executed.

    Restore a Database

    [root@localhost ~]# mysql -u user -p 'password' db-name < db-name.sql

    If the password needs to be secured,

    [root@localhost ~]# mysql -u user -p db-name < db-name.sql

    Ref: http://nixcraft.com

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  • iptables configuration file /etc/iptables.up.rules


    # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.4 on Tue Jul 6 19:02:33 2010
    *nat
    :PREROUTING DROP [0:0]
    :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
    :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
    -A PREROUTING -d 8.8.8.8 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT
    -A PREROUTING -d 4.4.4.4 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT
    -A PREROUTING -d w.x.y.z -i eth1 -j ACCEPT #(old mail server ip)
    -A PREROUTING -d a.b.c.d -i eth1 -j ACCEPT #(mail server ip)
    -A PREROUTING -d mail.uvw.in -i eth1 -j ACCEPT
    -A PREROUTING -d l.m.n.o/29 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT #(old network ip)
    -A PREROUTING -d r.s.t.u -i eth1 -j ACCEPT #(proxy server ip)
    -A PREROUTING -d 122.c.d.146 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT #(allow ip)
    -A PREROUTING -d 122.e.f.147 -i eth1 -j ACCEPT #(allow ip)
    # Samba and Proxy
    -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m tcp -m multiport -i eth1 -j ACCEPT --dports 139,445,3128,9000
    -A POSTROUTING -s 10.1.5.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
    -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m tcp --dport 11500 -j ACCEPT
    -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m tcp -m multiport -i eth1 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128 --dports 80,8080,9000
    COMMIT
    # Completed on Tue Jul 6 19:02:33 2010
    # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.4 on Tue Jul 6 19:02:33 2010
    *mangle
    :PREROUTING ACCEPT [602:341342]
    :INPUT ACCEPT [568:338000]
    :FORWARD ACCEPT [34:3342]
    :OUTPUT ACCEPT [676:370648]
    :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [710:373990]
    COMMIT
    # Completed on Tue Jul 6 19:02:33 2010
    # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.4 on Tue Jul 6 19:02:33 2010
    *filter
    :INPUT ACCEPT [568:338000]
    :FORWARD ACCEPT [34:3342]
    :OUTPUT ACCEPT [676:370648]
    COMMIT
    # Completed on Tue Jul 6 19:02:33 2010

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  • Network/ethernet card configuration file Editing file /etc/network/interfaces

    # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
    # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

    # The loopback network interface
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback

    # The primary network interface
    auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet static
    address w.x.y.z
    netmask 255.255.255.248
    gateway w.x.y.u
    dns-nameservers a.b.c.d
    metric 1
    post-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules

    #Secondary network interface
    auto eth1
    iface eth1 inet static
    address 10.1.5.1
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    network 10.1.5.0
    broadcast 10.1.5.255
    metric 2

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