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General Category => General Talk/Questions/Comments => : jc786 October 08, 2008, 12:19:35 PM



: Transfering data to mysql
: jc786 October 08, 2008, 12:19:35 PM
Hi,
I have bought the eMercantalism template and as soon as i get it configured the next step is to think about transfering my existing data from an mssql database into mysql. I have played around a little with myphpadmin and can see that one way to do it is to copy and past my data into phpadmin tables directly 

The only problem is that i do not have access to the mssql  db but can download an excel file of the data.  Another problem i foresee is how to transfer the images. currently there are named according to my own unique product codes. I have no idea how to transfer the images.

Please advise how i should attempt the data Transfer. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Jc


: Re: Transfering data to mysql
: jonahh October 09, 2008, 11:22:16 AM
Hey JC,

When you say data is this products on your site or content.  If its products VirtueMart actually has in import feature for this.


: Re: Transfering data to mysql
: jc786 October 11, 2008, 02:59:23 PM
hi Jonah,
My current site is an asp.net site using ms sql but i can download all my product data as an excell file. Hope that helps
jc


: Re: Transfering data to mysql
: jonahh October 13, 2008, 11:51:14 AM
Yes, believe you can import this into VirtueMart then, should be through a CSV file.  Check out their forums and site for more details.