[Tfug] Let's play "ID this code"! (serious issue actually)

[Paul Lemmons]

> OK, cool.  So...I'm trying to get MS SQL Server 2008 running right
> this second in my Windows XP virtual machine.  Running into
> problems...no biggie, just gotta RTFM on how it's security settings
> work.
>
> But are there any FOSS tools available that'll take apart these
> databases I have now?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim
Best way to do that is, once you get the DB restored in to SQL Server, 
is to migrate it to MySql. Then you will have tools galore. A quick 
google "migrate Sql Server to MySql" should give a number of useful 
sites. As long as you have it in Sql Server format you will be pretty 
much stuck with Windows based tools. I have seen people get Linux to 
talk to Sql Server but is more difficult that it looks; and it looks 
pretty difficult.

That said, I may be jumping the gun. When you say "take apart these 
databases" what does that mean? Before you go through the effort to 
migrate the data, we should probably make sure that what you are looking 
for is actually available.
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