Subject: Re: New Oracle system in our house, migration chances
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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:06:47 -0600
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On 1/13/22 8:15 AM, Achilleas Mantzios wrote:
> On 13/1/22 4:12 μ.μ., Kenneth Marshall wrote:
>>>> Hi Achilleas,
>>>> I would go with version B - since as I understand it's ISV
>>>> solution. Meaning the postgres ddl was tested and aligned with the
>>>> application layer, otherwise you would need to fix app layer after
>>>> the migration.
>>> Dziekuje Alicija. The powerbuilder app is in-house developed, source
>>> is available, what could be wrong with the app? Browsing through the
>>> powerbuilder source I don't see (by eye) anything that could break
>>> something in PgSQL.
>>> -- 
>>> Achilleas Mantzios
>>> DBA, Analyst, IT Lead
>>> IT DEPT
>>> Dynacom Tankers Mgmt
>> Hi Achilleas,
>>
>> If the schema and usage is straight-forward, I would recommend using
>> ora2pg to give you an estimation cost for your migration by letting you
>> know what cannot be automatically translated. Once you have that you
>> will be better informed as to the work needed.
> Thank you Ken!

ora2pg worked perfectly for us in migrating 8TB of Oracle 11 data and simple 
triggers to Pg 12.

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