Announcing PG_DBMS_JOB in PostgreSQL for Oracle DBMS_JOB compatibility
When you are working on Oracle to PostgreSQL migrations, one of the Oracle packages that cause conversion issues is DBMS_JOB. Traditionally, we used extensions like : pg_agent, pg_cron or more recently pg_timetable for scheduling jobs. All of these tools or extensions use a cronjob like scheduling method which does not give a full compatibility of the features provided
Validate PostgreSQL extension upgrade scripts using pg_validate_extupgrade
A few days ago, I decided to try this new extension called pg_validate_extupgrade written by Julien Rouhaud. This extension looks very interesting for those who are developing PostgreSQL extensions. The point is that when upgrading the extensions that you develop, you have to create upgrade files and, if necessary, downgrade files to go from one installed version to
CentOS vs Rocky Linux Benchmark with PostgreSQL
In December 2020, you might have seen an article from CentOS about shifting their focus towards CentOS stream, which is the upstream version of the RHEL. CentOS also mentioned that the version 8 would be EOL (end of life) by the end of the 2021. This means that it will no longer receive any updated fixes from it’s
Announcing Credcheck extension to enforce username and password checks in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL includes robust security standards around all aspects such as authentication, authorization, accounting and auditing. User management and role based segregation that satisfy enterprise standards can be implemented at ease. Similarly, organizations may be willing to enforce certain compliance around the password standards such as the minimum upper case characters or minimum number of numbers and special characters
Ora2PG now supports oracle_fdw to increase the data migration speed
It has been 20 Years since i have been maintaining the Ora2Pg project, an Open Source software for Oracle to PostgreSQL migrations. The first version of Ora2Pg released on 9th May, 2001. Since then, there have been several features related to schema conversions and data migrations. Over a period of time, i have witnessed several tens of thousands
Global Temporary Table in PostgreSQL
One of the common problems while migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL is the need of Global Temporary Tables in PostgreSQL (GTT). There is no PostgreSQL equivalent for global temporary tables. Due to this reason, I have originally started the developed of an extension called : PGTT, to reduce the overall efforts involved while migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL.