running sql code with microsoft sql 2008 - sql

Question

i have about 8mb of sql code i need to run. it looks like this:
/*
MySQL Data Transfer
Source Host: 10.0.0.5
Source Database: jnetdata
Target Host: 10.0.0.5
Target Database: jnetdata
Date: 5/26/2009 12:27:33 PM
*/
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;
-- ----------------------------
-- Table structure for chavrusas
-- ----------------------------
CREATE TABLE `chavrusas` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`date_created` datetime default NULL,
`luser_id` int(11) default NULL,
`ruser_id` int(11) default NULL,
`luser_type` varchar(50) default NULL,
`ruser_type` varchar(50) default NULL,
`SessionDay` varchar(250) default NULL,
`SessionTime` datetime default NULL,
`WeeklyReminder` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`reminder_phone` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`calling_card` varchar(50) default NULL,
`active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`notes` mediumtext,
`ended` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`end_date` datetime default NULL,
`initiated_by_student` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`initiated_by_volunteer` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`student_general_reason` varchar(50) default NULL,
`volunteer_general_reason` varchar(50) default NULL,
`student_reason` varchar(250) default NULL,
`volunteer_reason` varchar(250) default NULL,
`student_nli` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`volunteer_nli` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`jnet_initiated` tinyint(1) default '0',
`belongs_to` varchar(50) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=5913 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
-- ----------------------------
-- Table structure for tbluseravailability
-- ----------------------------
CREATE TABLE `tbluseravailability` (
`availability_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`user_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`weekday_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
`timeslot_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`availability_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=10865 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
-- ----------------------------
-- Table structure for tblusers
-- ----------------------------
CREATE TABLE `tblusers` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`
etc
how do i run it on microsoft sql 2008?

Answer 1

You don't, you'd have to convert the code to use SQL Server's T-SQL syntax. You could use a conversion tool though, like this one.

Answer 2

Run a tool to automatically convert MySQL sentences to T-SQL,
Intensive use of Find&Replace can make the work too. As an example:
CREATE TABLE `chavrusas` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`date_created` datetime default NULL,
`luser_id` int(11) default NULL,
`ruser_id` int(11) default NULL,
`luser_type` varchar(50) default NULL,
`ruser_type` varchar(50) default NULL,
`SessionDay` varchar(250) default NULL,
`SessionTime` datetime default NULL,
`WeeklyReminder` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`reminder_phone` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`calling_card` varchar(50) default NULL,
`active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`notes` mediumtext,
`ended` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`end_date` datetime default NULL,
`initiated_by_student` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`initiated_by_volunteer` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`student_general_reason` varchar(50) default NULL,
`volunteer_general_reason` varchar(50) default NULL,
`student_reason` varchar(250) default NULL,
`volunteer_reason` varchar(250) default NULL,
`student_nli` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`volunteer_nli` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`jnet_initiated` tinyint(1) default '0',
`belongs_to` varchar(50) default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=5913 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
Find: \s`
Replace with [
Find: `\s
Replace with: ]
Find: PRIMARY KEY (id)
Replace with: CONSTRAINT PK_[SOME IDENTIFIER] PRIMARY KEY ([$1])
Find: ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=5913 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
Replace with: ;
a few more Find&Replace and you'll get this script, T-SQL compliant:
CREATE TABLE [chavrusas] (
[id] INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL ,
[date_created] datetime NULL,
[luser_id] INT NULL,
[ruser_id] INT NULL,
[luser_type] varchar(50) NULL,
[ruser_type] varchar(50) NULL,
[SessionDay] varchar(250) NULL,
[SessionTime] datetime NULL,
[WeeklyReminder] INT NOT NULL,
[reminder_phone] INT NOT NULL,
[calling_card] varchar(50) NULL,
[active] INT NOT NULL,
[notes] TEXT,
[ended] INT NOT NULL,
[end_date] datetime NULL,
[initiated_by_student] INT NOT NULL,
[initiated_by_volunteer] INT NOT NULL,
[student_general_reason] varchar(50) NULL,
[volunteer_general_reason] varchar(50) NULL,
[student_reason] varchar(250) NULL,
[volunteer_reason] varchar(250) NULL,
[student_nli] INT NOT NULL,
[vvolunteer_nli] INT NOT NULL,
[jnet_initiated] INT,
[belongs_to] varchar(50) NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_chavrusas PRIMARY KEY ([id])
)

Answer 3

At a glance, the code snippet you provided looks acceptable for SQL Server. I would suggest using one of the many tools available for executing SQL against an existing SQL Server instance (SQL Server Management Studio, Query Analyzer, etc.). Paste the code into a new query window (or open up the associated file with the query) and parse it to see if you uncover any errors. Once you tweak the code to work with SQL Server 2008 (assuming that's necessary), you should just be able to execute it to create the tables and such.
EDIT: I tested your code against SQL Server 2005 and there were some problems that would be annoying like replacing ` with ', fixing table/column references surrounded by apostrophes, etc.. Automated tool would be your best approach given the prevelance of errors.