I need to migrate information that I created in SQLite3 to a MySQL database on my website. The website is on a hosted server. I have remote access to the MySQL database. I initially thought it would be easy, but I am not finding any good info on it, and everything I read seems to imply that you need to dump the SQLite3 file, convert it to a MySQL dump file using messy scripts, and then import it into the MySQL.
(example: Quick easy way to migrate SQLite3 to MySQL?)
My question: Is it not better to read it and import it straight from the script into MySQL. I haven’t used MySQL at all with Python, but it would seem intuitive that it would be better to have less steps for things to be miss-read. I am also trying to save a little time by not having to understand the way that a MySQL dump file works.
If you have a script (Python if possible), tool or link that will help me out that would be great, but my main concern first of all is how to go about doing it. I can’t realistically check everything (otherwise I would just do copy and paste), so I want to be sure that I am going about it the right way.
I am using Django, perhaps there is a Django specific method for it, but I haven’t been able to find one.
The reason the “messy” scripts are required is that it’s generally a difficult problem to solve.
If you are lucky there won’t be too many schema incompatibilities between the databases.
These may help
db_dump.py
dbpickle.py
What is your favorite solution for managing database migrations in django?