Re: replicating postgresql database to ms-sql database

On Sunday 08 July 2007 16:21:42 Ben Kim wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 10:48:48AM -0700, Mary Anderson wrote:
> > I have been asked if it is possible to asynchronously replicate a
> > postgresql database to ms-sql. My answer is yes, provided postgresql
> > ORM features aren't used in the design of the database. One does an
> > ascii dump of the tables and then bulk loads them into MSSQL. The
> > database in question will be about 10G. Is there a sane way to do this?
>
> As a pull option, it's also possible to use MS SQL's DTS tasks. You can
> define complex import tasks and (I believe) run the task regularly using
> the windows scheduler.
>
> Massaging can be done by custom conversion scripts, in perl or vb, within
> the task definition.
>
>
> My 2 cents.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben K.
> Developer
> http://benix.tamu.edu
>
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Have a look at dbi-link on the pg foundry