SQL DB Export / Import

I have a few Joomla 1.5 websites that I need to upgrade to 2.5. The automatic tools that are on the market suck and create more work than they prevent. I want someone to create an export code for the (Users, Menus, Articles, Categories, Sections) Then provide me with instructions and the import instructions for the new db which will be mysql as well. I will need to use this for a few sites and I understand that I may need to make minor modifications to the code for each db name or something simple like that. I have used the following, which I found on howtoforge com under "how to migrate joomla content articles using phpmyadmin". SELECT `title`, `alias`, `title_alias`, `introtext`, `fulltext`, `state`, `sectionid`, `mask`, `catid`, `created`, `created_by`, `created_by_alias`, `modified`, `modified_by`, `checked_out`, `checked_out_time`, `publish_up`, `publish_down`, `images`, `urls`, `attribs`, `version`, `parentid`, `ordering`, `metakey`, `metadesc`, `access`, `hits`, `metadata` FROM jos_content This works but it only brings the content. If you can create something similar that will do this, i will greately appreciate it. And pay.