Re: Best tool to pull from mssql

On 11/10/2015 10:26 AM, Mammarelli, Joanne T wrote:
> Continuously syncing .. we have database in mssql. Ideally we'd like to connect to the mssql databases and pull out the fields/content we required and populate that in a postgres database.

When all else fails you can go the ODBC route. I have done that through
Access to create a linked Postgres table that I can populate from other
data sources.

Here are some articles that seem to be doing something similar using SQL
Server and Postgres. In the article Postgres is installed on a Linux
box, but that does matter for the ODBC usage. :

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3661/creating-twoway-data-access-between-sql-server-and-postgresql--part-1/

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3662/sql-server-and-postgresql-linked-server-configuration--part-2/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Klaver [mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:26 PM
> To: Mammarelli, Joanne T; pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Best tool to pull from mssql
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> On 11/10/2015 10:21 AM, Mammarelli, Joanne T wrote:
>> Hi .. we're on a hunt to locate either pgloader or the tds_fdw
>> extension to assist us with pulling data FROM a Microsoft sql server
>> (we're a windows-based postgres installation).
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> So are we taking about a one time operation or continuously syncing or something in between?
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>> Is this the proper way to handle the process?
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> Depends on the answer to the above.
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