Re: Oracle to PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: Oracle to PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 49BD9231.4010602@hogranch.com
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In response to Oracle to PostgreSQL  (Greenhorn <user.postgresql@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Oracle to PostgreSQL  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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Greenhorn wrote:
> Unfortunately When I execute the above files using \i I am getting errors like
>
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "("
> LINE 4:   SUB_TYPE          NUMBER(3)                   NOT NULL,
>
> Obviously 'number' is not PostgreSQL data type so is 'varchar2'.  What
> is your suggestion to create these tables in PostgreSQL?  Should I
> pre-process using Sed/Awk to find/replace the field type first?  Any
> recommendation is greatly appreciated :)
>

change number to numeric, and varchar2 to char and you'll likely be good.



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