6 undeniable facts to choose conversion with Ispirer
Fact 1/6
Improved performance
Migrating to a newer, more powerful database engine can significantly
enhance query performance, reduce latency, and improve overall application responsiveness. This leads to a better user experience and increased productivity.
Fact 2/6
Enhanced security
Newer databases often incorporate advanced security features like encryption,
access controls, and threat detection mechanisms, providing
better protection against data breaches and cyberattacks.
Fact 3/6
Added AI precision
An AI-driven migration toolkit can automate complex tasks, reduce errors, optimize workflows, and accelerate the process, ensuring smoother transitions while minimizing costly system downtime.
Fact 4/6
Modernization and innovation
Migrating to Oracle can enable the adoption of new technologies and features, unlocking new business opportunities and driving innovation.
Fact 5/6
Legacy system transformation
Migrating legacy databases to modern systems
can upgrade your database, making it easier to maintain, update, and extend in the long run.
Fact 6/6
No need for documentation
We perform the migration using the source code. There is no need for detailed documentation to begin the migration as there is in development.
MySQL to Oracle migration service overview
More than 2K users use this way to successfully convert their database
Start
Assessment
Obtaining access
Project discussion
Making migration plan
Creating SOW
Migration
DB schema conversion
Data migration testing
Data integrity testing
APP changes: API, ESQL, logic shift to APP layer
Manual review & corrections
Manual corrections
Internal testing
Functional testing
Creating snapshots with data
Testing APP and DB on snapshots
Fixing all logical issues
Performance testing
Performance testing
Converted code review
Code refactoring
Extra code optimization
Data migration
Prod data migration
Cutover
Switching DB and APP
Providing user access
System startup
Obtaining access
Project discussion
Making migration plan
Creating SOW
DB schema conversion
Data migration testing
Data integrity testing
APP changes: API, ESQL, logic shift to APP layer
Manual corrections
Internal testing
Creating snapshots with data
Testing APP and DB on snapshots
Fixing all logical issues
Performance testing
Converted code review
Code refactoring
Extra code optimization
Prod data migration
Switching DB and APP
Providing user access
System startup
Get started with ServiceWays!
Ispirer offers a comprehensive MySQL to Oracle migration solution tailored to your needs. Our team will guide you through every phase — from initial assessment and planning to execution and post-migration support — ensuring a smooth and secure transition.
The custom database migration plan designed to pursue your goals, while minimizing disruption risks and system downtime, allows us to offer you an approach capable of migrating the database schema as quickly and as efficiently as possible
It takes 5 min to start your database migration journey!
You will get successfully migrated entire schema and data
Expert system with 20.000+ conversion rules and 100.000+ automated tests
Flexibility
Nimble configuration with 300+ parameters and options for SQL objects and data multithread migration
Seasoned team
Ensuring high security and performance standards is what we do best, thanks to our impressive expertise in building reliable and scalable solutions
Technology expertise
With 25+ years of experience, our team has gained a wide pool of expertise in various programming languages, from the rarest to the most popular ones
We comply with ISO 27001
security management requirements with comprehensive policies and processes, advanced security technology, and skilled professionals
Comprehensive migration analysis
Intuitive and instructive reports for cost-effective post-migration polishing
Proprietary tools
We employ Ispirer proprietary tools, underscoring our dedication to delivering the utmost reliability and performance solutions. The toolkit is compiled daily and continually integrates dozens of new conversion rules, enhancing the automation capabilities
Free smart assessment
Ispirer's free InsightWays tool for migration scope and complexity evaluation
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Oracle to PostgreSQLMS SQL Server to PostgreSQL
Migration project
50%
Migration time reduction
1.365K
Lines of SQL code
8 Tb
of data
Talent Management
"Ispirer Toolkit enabled a seamless migration of 8 TB of data and 1.36M lines of code from Oracle and SQL Server to PostgreSQL. The automation features reduced migration time by 50%, cutting costs and minimizing manual effort. The quality, precision, and support exceeded our expectations."
"Ispirer helped us migrate 700+ tables and 650+ stored procedures from SQL Server to PostgreSQL, reducing development time by 60%-70%. The tool efficiently handled case-sensitive issues and frequent data changes. The excellent support made the process easy, fast, and effective."
"Ispirer Toolkit helped us migrate 1.5 million lines of complex Oracle code to PostgreSQL, overcoming unique challenges with expert support. Their team provided customized solutions for a smooth transition. This migration is a key step in our cloud strategy, and we highly recommend Ispirer's services."
"Ispirer MnMTK was crucial to our successful database migration, converting 12 TB of data and 200,000 lines of SQL code. The tool outperformed other solutions, saving us countless hours. The support team was responsive and effective—money well spent."
"Ispirer's Toolkit enabled the efficient migration of 150 tables and 25,000 lines of code from Firebird to PostgreSQL. The tool saved us time and reduced risks, while the Ispirer team provided excellent support throughout. Highly recommended for similar database migration projects."
"Ispirer’s tool allowed us to automatically convert 4,000+ procedures and 200+ tables from Sybase to MySQL with 95% success, saving a lot of time. The ability to customize the tool and the excellent support made the process smooth and efficient. Highly recommended!"
What are the common challenges faced during MySQL to Oracle migration?
Yes, and they concentrate in three areas.
Empty strings come first: MySQL stores them as values while Oracle stores them as NULL, so any comparison, constraint or unique index built on empty strings changes behavior and needs a documented rule before transfer. Invalid data comes second: zero dates and out of range numbers accepted in non strict mode are rejected by Oracle, so cleaning happens during extraction.
Character semantics come third. A utf8mb4 column with a 255 character length becomes VARCHAR2(255 CHAR), because byte semantics truncate multibyte data.
The rest is mechanical: AUTO_INCREMENT becomes an identity column or sequence, TINYINT(1) becomes NUMBER(1), ENUM becomes a check constraint, LONGTEXT and LONGBLOB become CLOB and BLOB, LIMIT becomes FETCH FIRST, GROUP_CONCAT becomes LISTAGG. MySQL to Oracle is a supported direction in Ispirer Toolkit, including data type and encoding resolution during extraction.
