Re: Oracle2PostgreSQL Migration with PL/pgSQL

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:59:15 +0800
Message-ID: <3e6d510d$0$19699@echo-01.iinet.net.au>

"Guido Stepken" <stepken_at_little-idiot.de> wrote in message news:b4j633$op$05$1_at_news.t-online.com...
> Describing a certain bug always requires mentioning the exact version of
> software and code.
> I have heard of mysql 3.22+ crashing, seen oracle 8i and 9i crashing on
> ibm aix with raid hardware (ibms fault). There is always a way to crash
> any database, IMHO.

True, but I'm unware of any way to crash the current released version of PostgreSQL...?

> i am quite optimistic, that the migration handbook will soon do very
> serious harm to oracle's sales volumes......my mysql handbook (sorry,
> only in german, still, published in 1999) did it's purpose very
> well.....mysql is #1 in germany now for small databases.....

There are already a few Oracle->PostgreSQL conversion tools in existence:

http://techdocs.postgresql.org/#convertfrom

That includes an Oracle SQL dump to PostgreSQL SQL converter.

Chris Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 20:59:15 CST