No need to switch to `mysql` when using the migration script

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      docs/operations/migrating/packaged/postgresql-migration.md

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- **Repositories**: svn- and git-<timestamp>.tar.gz
## Installation of pgloader
We ship a custom version of pgloader (named `pgloader-ccl`), which embeds some memory optimizations useful when you are migrating from a large MySQL database. This also allows us to provide a unified migration experience for all installation types. This package is available for all the currently supported distributions at https://packager.io/gh/opf/pgloader-ccl.
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**Please note:** Ensure that the URL starts with `mysql://` , not with ` mysql2://` !
## Configuring OpenProject to use the PostgreSQL database
Form the `DATABASE_URL` string to match your entered password and pass it to the openproject configuration. The following command also exports it to the current shell as `POSTGRES_DATABASE_URL`
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```
**Please note:** Replace `<PASSWORD>` with the password you provided above. If you used any special characters, [check whether they need to be percent-encoded](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/percent-encoding) for the database URL.
## Migrating the database
You are now ready to migrate from MySQL to PostgreSQL. The OpenProject packages embed a migration script that can be launched as follows:

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