Post tagged: python

The Problem

I had a text file containg MS SQL Server database table definitions and I needed to make it compatible with MySQL. Here’s an example:

GO
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[Blecchs]') AND type in (N'U'))
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE [dbo …

Use the source, Luke

The great thing about open source is that you can learn from those who have published code on the 'net. At the very least you can shamelessly plagiarise it and bend it until it looks like something you could use ;-)

Another great thing about OSS is …