Re: ECPG ... how to convert from oracle -> pgsql ... - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Michael Meskes
Subject Re: ECPG ... how to convert from oracle -> pgsql ...
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Msg-id 20020117202723.GB1347@feivel.fam-meskes.de
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In response to ECPG ... how to convert from oracle -> pgsql ...  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>)
Responses Re: ECPG ... how to convert from oracle -> pgsql ...  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:47:19PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>     Been asked to look into the difficultly of converting from Oracle
> embedded C -> PostgreSQL, and, so far, I'm totally lost ...

Shouldn't be too difficult though as I tried to add some Oracle
compatibility hacks. But the more non-standard features your Oracle program
uses the more difficult it gets.

> docs on the web site, don't seem to help much, unless I'm just reading the
> wrong sections (Programmers Guide) ...

Ehem, the docs need work.

> rmail.pc:95: ERROR: parse error at or near "("

Should be fixed in CVS. Up to version 2.8.0 (PGSQL 7.1.3) ecpg didn't allow
casts in declare section.

>     Okay, so that is Oracle specific ... just remove it?

You have too. We do not have anything similar to oraca.

Michael
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