How to Move from MySQL to CouchDB
blog.couchbase.com/how-move-mysql-couchdb-part-1
From the page
Saved with the link. Notes from 2007 to 2016 are mostly the page's own words, so this is probably an excerpt.
If you have a database built using MySQL, you might be wondering if, and more importantly how, that database (and your application) can be moved to CouchDB. The biggest stumbling block is not the technical aspects of creating the CouchDB or storing your information (although they are important), instead its about looking at your data in a different way, and then knowing how that changes how your application works.