Re: [GENERAL] importing an Oracle database into Postgres

2005-12-28 Thread Matthew Hixson
Thanks, Jim. I've been playing with OraToPG. So far I've found a couple small problems with it that I'll probably solve with some simple Perl, but overall its a very handy tool. I'll try to post a success story when I get this all straightened out. Cheers, -M@ On Dec 28, 2005, at 1

Re: [GENERAL] importing an Oracle database into Postgres

2005-12-28 Thread Matthew Hixson
Hi David, it looks to me like this tool makes an external data source appear to live within Postgres. What I want to do is dump an Oracle database and replace it with Postgres. From that point on I don't ever want to see Oracle again. Can your software be used to accomplish that goal?

Re: [GENERAL] importing an Oracle database into Postgres

2005-12-28 Thread David Fetter
On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 12:12:06PM -0800, Matthew Hixson wrote: > What's the best way to import an Oracle database into Postgres? I'm > using Oracle 8.1 and Postgres 8.1.1. DBI-Link. http://pgfoundry.org/projects/dbi-link/ Let me know if you have questions or problems along the way :) Cheers,

Re: [GENERAL] importing an Oracle database into Postgres

2005-12-28 Thread Jim C. Nasby
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2005-10/msg00311.php or contrib/oracle are probably your best bet. On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 12:12:06PM -0800, Matthew Hixson wrote: > What's the best way to import an Oracle database into Postgres? I'm > using Oracle 8.1 and Postgres 8.1.1. > Thank

Re: [GENERAL] importing an Oracle database into Postgres

2005-12-28 Thread Tom Lane
Matthew Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's the best way to import an Oracle database into Postgres? I'm > using Oracle 8.1 and Postgres 8.1.1. Look in contrib/oracle/ for some conversion tools. I've never used 'em and don't know if they're any good, but it's a starting point anyway. A

[GENERAL] importing an Oracle database into Postgres

2005-12-28 Thread Matthew Hixson
What's the best way to import an Oracle database into Postgres? I'm using Oracle 8.1 and Postgres 8.1.1. Thanks, -M@ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster