I would like to translate Microsoft SQL Server DDL and table load sql commands to the Postgres equivalent.
There are a number of tools to convert one database to another in the link below but are there parsers for ddl/sql script conversion?
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Converting_from_other_Databases_to_PostgreSQL#Microsoft_SQL_Server
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Is it possible to compare postgresql database in Redgate SQL Compare tool.
or Any other recommend tool for postgresql database compare tool.
No, Redgate just has comparison tools for SQL Server and Oracle. You could try PostgresCompare, which is an analogous tool to SQL Compare.
Is there any feasibility from Oracle to have a connection established to DB2 database so that I can query on DB2 database and generate reports from Oracle Apex?
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Is it possible to create a View in Oracle from a remote DB2 database?
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What options do i have in order to develop reports in Oracle Apex from the data i have in DB2 database?
(I know, this is an old question and you've already found a workaround. Anyway,) the keyword you might be interested in is gateway. This is Oracle 10g Database Gateway for DB2/400 Installation and User's Guide. I don't know which database you use, but - if 10g is not the one, I hope you'll manage to find the right documentation.
Shortly: after installing the gateway between Oracle and DB2, you'd create a database link. Then, in your Oracle schema, create a view that selects data over that database link from DB2 database. Finally, fetch data in Apex from the view.
As i didn't find a way to directly connect to DB2 from Oracle PL/SQL, i used a work-around. As this is a reporting tool, we are ok to have this tool running with the data which is 1 day off, we did the following:
1) Extract the data required from DB2 database to CSV files. We used a DB2 command which can be run at command line to extract the data into a CSV
2) Then we imported the data into Oracle tables using sqlldr
I have SQL Server 2012 Express and I want to export the whole database or certain tables to a .SQL file (SQL Script). .BAK file will not work in my case.
I need to export all tables from SQL Server to PostgreSQL.
Try: I tried from SQL Server IDE but at some stage its giving the error about data types are different.
Question:How can I do export of data from SQL Server to PostgreSQL? Is COPY does my job? If yes, then how can I export all tables including records?
You can't export data from MSsql then import to PostgreSql because it is not same syntax, data type, but you can use tool to migration data from mssql to postgreSql,
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migrate data from MS SQL to PostgreSQL?
Use https://dbeaver.io/
Create MS SQL and PostgreSQL database connections (login)
Create target tables in PostgreSQL (same structures in MS SQL)
F5 to see new tables
Right-click on new tables -> 'Import Data' -> You will see 'Data Transfer' window
Choose 'Table' type then click 'Next' -> You will see 'Select input object', where you can choose tables from MS SQL connection
Just 'next' and check settings that you need, done :D
First export the schema into a file and run it against PostgreSQL until you've removed all incompatibilities.
You could try to do the same with the data you want to export but you may be better off writing a Python script to migrate it.
There is an absolutely simple way using built-in SSIS tool using Management Studio. You can find the detailed answer here.
Use https://dbeaver.io/ , as An Le mentioned.
After 40 years of DB development, migrating DB data is still a challenge. DBeaver is a free tool to use for data migration. But you still have to migrate the schema.
Exporting data from DBeaver
From contextual menu of your SQLServer database or schema select Tools > Create new Task > Common > Data Export
You will generate SQL insert files or CSV files. For migration between database types use CSV files.
Cons of SQL Server Migration Tool
Unable to migrate rows containing booleans.
Export ended up in errors of migrationg data with Bool columns, complaining that value is not boolean, although both source and destination columns where of boolean type.
Unable to continue with the next tables afer one table migration fails.
SQL Server - A single error stops all migration even for tables that are not related to the initial error.
Configuring the tool over and over again, trying to export your data is a waste of time. SQL Server migration task does not save the configuration of the source and destination connections. And the wizard is not user friendly, spending your time on it is frustrating. I assume the migration project was abandoned for at least 10 years.
Suppose I have multiple Oracle databases in the same server. Now I want to connect to particular database and query a table just like SQL Server 2008. How to start particular Oracle database?
If you are using SQL*Plus, the most common syntax for opening a connection is
sqlplus user_name/password#tns_alias
In this example TNS_ALIAS is the TNS alias for the particular database you want to connect to (most likely "XE" based on your followups to inium's answer). If you want to connect to a different database, you would need to specify a TNS alias for that specific database.
Note that since you are coming from a SQL Server background, the SQL Server definition of a database is rather different than the Oracle definition. What SQL Server calls a database is similar logically to what Oracle calls a schema (and similar physically to what Oracle calls a tablespace). So when you're dealing with Oracle, it's much more common to have many schemas in a single database than to have a large number of databases on a server. This is particularly true if you're using the Express Edition (Oracle XE) where you're generally limited to one database per machine.
go to cmd and type sqlplus <database-name>/<database-password>
You can use SQL Developer, it's similar to SQL Enterprise Manager 2005. Just create a new connection using the db user name and password.