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Microsoft SQL Server to MariaDB Migration

SQLines open source tools can help you transfer data, convert database schema (DDL), views, stored procedures, functions, triggers, queries and SQL scripts from Microsoft SQL Server to MariaDB.

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Databases:

Microsoft SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2005 and 2000
MariaDB 10.x and 5.x

Migration Reference

Data Types

Numeric data types:

	SQL Server		MariaDB
1	BIGINT	64-bit integer	BIGINT
2	DECIMAL(p,s)	Fixed-point number	DECIMAL(p,s)
3	DOUBLE PRECISION	Double-precision floating-point number	DOUBLE PRECISION
4	FLOAT(p)	Floating-point number	DOUBLE
5	INT, INTEGER	32-bit integer	INT, INTEGER
6	MONEY	64-bit currency amount	DECIMAL(15,4)
7	NUMERIC(p,s)	Fixed-point number	NUMERIC(p,s)
8	REAL	Single-precision floating-point number	REAL
9	SMALLINT	16-bit integer	SMALLINT
10	SMALLMONEY	32-bit currency amount	DECIMAL(6,4)
11	TINYINT	8-bit unsigned integer, 0 to 255	TINYINT UNSIGNED

Datetime data types:

	SQL Server		MariaDB
1	DATE	Date (year, month and day)	DATE
2	DATETIME	Date and time with fraction (milliseconds)	DATETIME(3)
3	DATETIME2(p)	Date and time with fraction, 0 ⇐ p ⇐ 7	DATETIME(p)	p ⇐ 6
4	DATETIMEOFFSET(p)	Date and time with fraction and time zone , 0 ⇐ p ⇐ 7	DATETIME(p)	p ⇐ 6
5	SMALLDATETIME	Datetime (year, month, day, hour, minutes and 00 seconds )	DATETIME
6	TIME(p)	Time (Hour, minute, second and fraction), 0 ⇐ p ⇐ 7	TIME(p)	p ⇐ 6

Built-in SQL Functions

Converting functions from SQL Server to MariaDB:

	SQL Server		MariaDB
1	CONVERT(DATETIME, string, style)	Convert string to datetime	STR_TO_DATE(string, format)
1	CONVERT(DATETIME, string)	Convert string to datetime	CONVERT(string, DATETIME)
2	CONVERT(VARCHAR, datetime, style)	Convert datetime to string	DATE_FORMAT(datetime, format)
3	DATEADD(unit, value, exp)	Add datetime interval	TIMESTAMPADD(unit, value, exp)
4	GETDATE()	Get the current date and time	NOW()

CREATE PROCEDURE Statement

Converting Transact-SQL stored procedures:

	SQL Server	MariaDB
1	CREATE PROCEDURE name	CREATE PROCEDURE name
2	@param datatype [= default] [OUTPUT]	IN \| OUT \| INOUT p_param datatype ^{no defaults}
3	Optional () for procedure parameters	() required
4	AS before the procedure body	Removed
5	BEGIN END is optional for the procedure body	BEGIN END required
6	Optional statement delimiter	; is added after each statement
7	GO	Specified by DELIMITER command

For further information, see Conversion of Transact-SQL Statements.

Transact-SQL Statements

Converting Transact-SQL statements from SQL Server to MariaDB:

Variable declaration and assignment:

	SQL Server	MariaDB
1	DECLARE @var [AS] type [= default_value]	DECLARE var type [DEFAULT default_value]
2	DECLARE @v1 type1, @v2 type2, …	DECLARE v1 type1; DECLARE v2 type2, DECLARE …
3	DECLARE @tab TABLE	CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE vtab
4	SET @var = expression	SET var = expression
5	SET @var = (SELECT expression FROM …)	SET var = (SELECT expression FROM …)

Flow-of-control statements:

	SQL Server		MariaDB
1	IF condition BEGIN … END	IF statement	IF condition THEN … END IF;
2	IF … ELSE IF …	IF ELSE IF statement	IF … ELSEIF …
3	WHILE condition BEGIN stmts END	Conditional loop	WHILE condition DO stmts END WHILE;

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Migration to MariaDB

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Migration to Apache Hive

Migration to Spark

Migration to Presto/Trino

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