Re: Oracle to PostgreSQL Migration - Need Information

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
wrote:

>
> On 07/08/2015 12:47 PM, John McKown wrote:
>
>
>> ​Why are they converting?
>>
>> Would EnterpriseDB (a commercial version of PostgreSQL which has
>> extensions to make it a "drop in" replacement for Oracle) be a
>> possibility?
>> http://www.enterprisedb.com/solutions/oracle-compatibility-technology
>>
>
> Because EDB is expensive. Why go from one closed source solution to
> another when you can go to the best Open Source database and forgo all of
> that?
>
> Yes, EDB has some nice tools (no denying that) but porting from Oracle to
> PostgreSQL proper is not difficult in the least (although time consuming).

I would suggest refrain from dismissing EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL Advanced
Server like that. It is not free like the community version of Postgres but
the cost pays for developer time spent adding the additional features which
make it capable of being a drop-in replacement of Oracle. For an
organization migrating off of Oracle paying for that would make a lot of
sense because of the developer time (and cost) saved by porting to that
rather than the additional effort of migration to community Postgres. It
also has the additional benefit of providing all the programming features
that their app developers have become used to when working with Oracle.

The EnterpriseDB developers are some of the most active contributors to the
community version of Postgres and the advancements made in the community
version are included in EnterpriseDB Advanced Server as well.

*Will J. Dunn*
*willjdunn.com <http://willjdunn.com>*

On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
wrote:

>
> On 07/08/2015 12:47 PM, John McKown wrote:
>
>
>> ​Why are they converting?
>>
>> Would EnterpriseDB (a commercial version of PostgreSQL which has
>> extensions to make it a "drop in" replacement for Oracle) be a
>> possibility?
>> http://www.enterprisedb.com/solutions/oracle-compatibility-technology
>>
>
> Because EDB is expensive. Why go from one closed source solution to
> another when you can go to the best Open Source database and forgo all of
> that?
>
> Yes, EDB has some nice tools (no denying that) but porting from Oracle to
> PostgreSQL proper is not difficult in the least (although time consuming).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> JD
>
>
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