X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63F16D1B47F for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:47:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 91564-03 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 14:46:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail2.idcglobal.net (mail2.idcglobal.net [63.208.79.80]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C831DD1B486 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 14:46:43 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.jmlafferty.com [63.208.79.199] by mail2.idcglobal.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id A733639E0136; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:40:51 -0600 Received: from DBA1 [63.208.76.4] by mail.jmlafferty.com (SMTPD32-7.07) id A88155A0114; Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:46:25 -0600 Message-ID: <00d901c3be84$b6190780$143264c8@jmlafferty.com> From: "Glenn Wiorek" To: "Jerrianna Fox" , Cc: "Randy Harris" , References: <008e01c3bd8b$c79b1880$0b00a8c0@ISC333> Subject: Re: Question Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:46:09 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C3BE52.6B6DCEA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.3 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_40_50, REFERENCES, SMTPD_IN_RCVD X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200312/122 X-Sequence-Number: 11630 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C3BE52.6B6DCEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here are few links to get you started. Intro info about PostgreSQL http://www.postgresql.org/docs/aw_pgsql_book/index.html Conversion to Oracle: http://techdocs.postgresql.org/redir.php?link=3Dhttp://www.samse.fr/GPL/ora= 2pg/ora2pg.html http://techdocs.postgresql.org/redir.php?link=3Dhttp://www.brasileiro.net/p= ostgres/porting There are also some commerical tools out.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jerrianna Fox=20 To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org=20 Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:04 AM Subject: [ADMIN] Question I am a newbie and need to find out if PostgreSQL is a good replacement fo= r Oracle. I need to find out the best way to import data from Oracle to Po= stgreSQL. I also need to find out what the DBA capabilities are of Postgre= SQL compared to that of Oracle. This is something that we are looking into= immediately for production use. Thanks Jerrianna Fox ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C3BE52.6B6DCEA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Here are few links to get you started.
 
Intro info about PostgreSQL
http://www= .postgresql.org/docs/aw_pgsql_book/index.html
 
 
Conversion to Oracle:
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/redir.php?link=3Dht= tp://www.samse.fr/GPL/ora2pg/ora2pg.html
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/redir.php?link=3Dht= tp://www.brasileiro.net/postgres/porting
 
There are also some commerical tools out. 
 
----- Original Message -----
Fro= m:=20 Je= rrianna=20 Fox
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:= 04=20 AM
Subject: [ADMIN] Question

I am a newbie and need to find= out if=20 PostgreSQL is a good replacement for Oracle.  I need to find out the= best=20 way to import data from Oracle to PostgreSQL.  I also need to find o= ut=20 what the DBA capabilities are of PostgreSQL compared to that of Oracle.&n= bsp;=20 This is something that we are looking into immediately for production=20 use.
 
Thanks
Jerrianna=20 Fox
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