Hmmm - I probably overlooked one detail. To use the Connect engine with a 32 bit ODBC driver I think the server should be a 32 bit server. So you may then want to migrate the data to a 64 bit server as 2nd step. 

SQLyog (32 bit) can use the 32-bit driver and migrate data to a 64 bit server directly (as the client/server protocol is the same for 32 and 64 bit servers).


-- Peter

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@webyog.com> wrote:
BTW: as an ODBC driver exists, I believe you can also connect to your Paradox database file with the "connect engine" in MariaDB and simply copy tables to normal (InnoDB etc) MySQL/MariaDB. tables using "CREATE TABLE .. AS SELECT * FROM .." or similar.

But one more disclamer. I never used the Connect engine. You may run into some datatype compatibility issues between Paradox and MariaDB and ODBC/ANSI SQL). In SQLyog import-tool manual datatype mapping/conversion is possible if defaults fail for some reason 



-- Peter

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Peter Laursen <peter_laursen@webyog.com> wrote:
Windows ships with a (32 bit) ODBC driver for Paradox.  There are several tools that may migrate from external ODBC sources to MySQL/MariaDB  I of course recommend our own SQLYog. As far as I understand from discussions bugs.mysql.com, (Oracle) MySQL Workbench will not work with MariaDB anymore (but I may be wrong here) .

(on Windows 10 - and possibly 8./8.1 as well - Control panel .. Administration has entries ("applets") for both 32 bit and 64 bit ODBC drivers. On Win7 64 bit it is a little tricky to configure a 32 bit driver as the option is pretty well hidden. The FAQ explains. 

You may use the free SQLyog TRIAL for 2 weeks and import 2 tables per job - refer: http://sqlyogkb.webyog.com/category/270-import-external-data
The "import external data" tool is available in SQLyog Enterprise and Ultimate (but not SQLyog Professional).

Disclaimer: I never tried to import from Paradox myself.  But if you decide to give SQLyog a try and run into issues, just contact us at support@webyog com (or use our Forums). It should work and if it doesn't, we will fix it.

Attaching a screenshot of the 32 bit ODBC drivers in Win10 64 bit (Danish language interface - I hope that the language is not a "blocker").



-- Peter Laursen
-- Webyog

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Ian Gilfillan <ian@mariadb.org> wrote:
There seem to be a few scripts available for migrating from Paradox to
MySQL, and these should work with MariaDB. No idea how reliable any of
them are though - if you come across anything useful, feel free to
share, or to create a page on our Knowledge Base.

On 16/02/2016 23:25, Hugo Wau wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new here. I will have to migrate some hundred Paradox Databases
> (on as many machines) to MariaDB. The best way to do so, would be
> something like a script. My OSs are Linux (Debian) and Win7.
> Is there some kind of documentation of the experience of someone, who
> has migrated from Paradox to MySQL/MariaDB before? (I have googled for
> days, but have not found such yet.)
> With kind regards
> Hugo
>


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