Re: Migration from SQLServer

Thanks Nigel but too late :-((

Did try something and got really messed up. I guess database recreation
is the only alternative left. Actually wanted to do this in 2 hrs time -
already am late by a day.

Thanks anyway.

Tapan

Nigel J. Andrews wrote:

>On Fri, 16 May 2003, Nigel J. Andrews wrote:
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>>On Fri, 16 May 2003, Tapan Trivedi wrote:
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>>>b. Create script. Let me explain - I generated the script from MSSQL and
>>>it gave a whole lot of issues (for SQL statements and types) . When I
>>>resolved all of them, I encountered Relation ".." not found error. The
>>>only way I could resolve it was by giving the table names in quotes. I
>>>guess I should have converted all table names in lowercase and then all
>>>would be OK.
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>>>What I am trying to find out now is - Is there anyway I can avoid
>>>dropping the database and recreating it ??
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>>Sure, take a look at relname in pg_class and typname in pg_type. The other
>>columns in those table will help you decide who owns what and what schema
>>they're in so you can change only those ones you want to.
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>Oh, and don't forget to start a transaction before making the changes so that
>you get the chance to rollback if you make a mistake, these are system tables.
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>Nigel Andrews
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