[Dspace-general] Migrating data from MySQL

[Jeffrey Trimble]

Walker,

Well, that depends.  You could map out an extraction file to the  
PostgreSQL, but
I guess the bigger question is what purposes was the MySQL used for?   
Was it a prior
DSpace installation?  (That would make the process somewhat easier).

Are these records in MySQL storing Dublin Core Metadata + the bitstream?

In a future release there will be a batch editing program that  
**might** (I use caution here)
assist you with the data.  Also, there is an excel macro tool that  
OhioLINK uses
to load records and their associated Metadata into DSpace.

I think you question needs a little more detail before a solid answer  
could be given to you.

Best wishes,

Jeffrey Trimble
System LIbrarian
William F.  Maag Library
Youngstown State University
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On Aug 4, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Walker Sampson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Apologies in advance if this has already been covered.
>
> I have a lot of records stored in a MySQL database. I've just got an
> instance of DSpace up, and I'd like to migrate the records from MySQL
> to a collection in DSpace. Has anyone done something similar to this
> or know what some first steps would be?
>
> Thank you,
> Walker
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