QUERY MIGRATION ASSISTANT

Abstract:
Technology continues to grow by leaps and bounds as the days go by and computers are in a
certain position to overtake from the manual labor in diverse fields ranging from mechanized
applications to Intelligent Thinking Systems. In this computer age, handling large and
voluminous amounts of data is not a feasible solution neither is it an efficient investment. Many
existing Firms employ manual labor for transferring large files and huge amounts of data
between two databases utilizing a particular scheme. This eventually raises a spark in the mind
that if ever there exists a service that is going to perform the difficult and time consuming task of
moving the data between two databases well Query Migration Assistant is just that.
Query Migration Assistant is an innovative database migration product that easily converts data
from one database to another. This service automates the entire migration process of converting
data, database objects and constraints. Manually converting data from one database to another is
risky and it takes long period of time. So, by using this migration toolkit we convert the tables
from one database to another with less time, more accuracy and error free.
The main reason that can be attributed for the manual labor is that either due to insufficient
investments as the existing migration services are a lot costlier and so on. Query Migration
Assistant is a freeware application that can be said to be a boon for the firms which cannot afford
to buy a Migration tool. Another Important feature of this service is that it provides the scope for
handling multiple Databases in migrating data in both ways that is bi directional data transfer.
The scope of the project is the Development of a Toolkit which supports the data transfer from
one Database to the other database. The scope of the project lies in the development of the kit
for the transfer of data between any two databases. Query Migration Assistant automates the
entire migration process converting data, database objects and constraints from Source data base
to target database and viceversa.This Migration Tool Kit is mainly used when dealing with large
volumes of data.
This project is divided into 2 modules:
Handling from Source Data Base to Target Data Base:
This module includes the handling of data with respect to the Source database using .net as the
intermediate tool.
Handling from Target Data Base to Source Data Base:
This module includes the handling of the data with respect to the Target database using .net as
the intermediate tool.
PROBLEM SPECIFICATION
The objective of proposed system is to migrate the data between the source database and the
target database.The system should keep track of feedback from the user and should view the
program undertaken by the system .
The proposed system must allow the user to select the service. It would provide the facilities
for the following module.
Access and Oracle migration
Oracle and SQL Server migration
SQL Server and Access migration
Only the authorized person can log on to their modules using the login name and password.
In Access to Oracle migration module, once a user logs on to the system, he/she can select the
tables that are needed to be migrated , and view the feedback of the end users.
He/She can migrate the data from any access file by specifying the source file path to any user
account in the target oracle database.The source Access file path should be with a .mdb
extension and the target database should be specified with the user name ,password and the host
string .
In Oracle to SQL Server migration module, once a user logs on to the system, he/she can
select the tables that are needed to be migrated , and view the feedback of the end users.
He/She can migrate the data from any user account in the source Oracle Database by specifying
the source file path to any user account in the target oracle database. The source Database should
be specified with a uer name,password and the host string and the target database should be
specified with the user name ,password ,database name and the data source .
In SQL Server and Access migration Module, once a user logs on to the system, he/she can
select the tables that are needed to be migrated , and view the feedback of the end users.
He/She can migrate the data from any user account in the source Access File by specifying the
source file path to any user account in the target SQL Server database.The source Access file
path should be with a .mdb the target database should be specified with the user name ,password
,database name and the data source .
EXISTING SYSTEM
At present the database tables are carried out manually. We can create the database tables
manually means it has a long period of time. The organization should be fast with well-
visualized future plans. The volumes of data to handle are increasing constantly. It is also
necessary to speed the processing of database tables. And if at all there is a service to migrate the
data it is only one way of migrating the data
Limitations of the Manual system
It is time consuming
It leads to error prone results
It consumes lot of manpower to better results
It lacks of data security
Retrieval of data takes lot of time
Percentage of accuracy is less
Reports take time to produce
Limitations of the One way migration system
The source and the target database will be fixed
If there is a need to transfer the data to another database basing on the requirement the another
software must be available.
PROPOSED SYSTEM
General Description
The proposed system provides a fully structured but skill versatile automated data migration
process. It has full control of source and target data. It provides a high quality data with no data
loss. The system will be consistent, accurate and cost effective. It provides efficient utilization
of available resources. It supports partial or incremental migration. It also supports for multiple
runtime environment.
The System eliminates all the error prone packages of the earlier migration services.
It provides an online migration process
The online migration process saves time because one need not have to dpwn;oad the entire
application to transform the data.
It provides the scope for migrating data between multiple databases.
It also atransforms the data bi-directionally which a lot of exixting tools cannot provide.
It can transform Lobs,binary formatted text, Ole Objects etc.
Hardware Environment
RAM - 128 MB
Hard Disk - 20 GB
Processor - Intel Pentium 500MHz
Floppy Disk - 1.44 MB
Cache - 256 K
Monitor - Color Monitor (256 colors)
Software Environment
Operating System - Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/NT
Front End Tool - Microsoft ASP .NET
Scripting language - C#.NET
RDBMS - Oracle 8i , SQL Server
Application Server - Internet Information Service 4.0