Re: migrating oracle table to PostgresQL

ora2pg tool can be used to accomplish the migration from oracle to
postgresql.
download it from here...
http://freshmeat.net/projects/ora2pg/

The one in contib directory is an old version i guess.

About clob, blob, and long columns in Oracle all become 'text' in
postgresql.

On 12/28/05, Goulet, Dick <DGoulet(at)vicr(dot)com> wrote:
>
> As I browse through the contrib directory I find an Oracle directory with
> example perl scripts to do just as your asking.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:
> pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Bradley Kieser
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:12 AM
> To: Murugan G
> Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] migrating oracle table to PostgresQL
>
> Yes.
> But Oracle is completely useless at dumping data. You may want to use
> the sqltool in HSQLDB (http://hsqldb.org/) or similar that is able to
> connect both to Oracle and PG.
>
> PLSQL developer is also able to do a connection to both but is
> commercial software.
>
> Alternatively, if you are really adventurous, set up a JDBC link to the
> PG table via DBLINK in Oracle and then pump across that way.
>
> Murugan G wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I have some tables containing clob, blob, and long columns in Oracle,
> > Is it possible to migrate these tables into PostgresQL along with data
> >
> > Thanks and regards,
> > G.Murugan,
> > Sr. Software Engineer.
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