Re: PostgreSQL Module to use Oracle specific functions as it is.

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Chamath Sajeewa <csgsajeewa(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Module to use Oracle specific functions as it is.
Date: 2020-07-01 14:41:50
Message-ID: 20200701144150.GO3125@tamriel.snowman.net
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Greetings,

* Laurenz Albe (laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at) wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-07-01 at 20:08 +0530, Chamath Sajeewa wrote:
> > I am new to PostgreSQl. I want to convert some oracle sql to postgre sql.
> > Oracle sqls contain some oracle specific functions such as trunc,round.
> > Is there any modules in postgre SQL which enable the usage of these functions as it is?
>
> The is the "orafce" extension that provides some of that.

Indeed, but you'd be better off just rewriting the SQL to use the
built-in functions than depending on an extension like that, imv.

Thanks,

Stephen

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