> On May 31, 2017, at 9:27 AM, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Nicolas Paris <niparisco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have dumps from oracle and microsoft sql server (no more details). Is it possible to load them "directly" into postgres (without oracle/mssql license)? > dump -> csv -> postgtres > or something ? > > > Asking the public mailing lists for PostgreSQL for an opinion on the the legality of doing something like this is problematic.. > > Technically it would depend a lot on exactly what you are trying to load. If you can go through CSV to do it then its probably just raw insert data and has a decent chance of working as long as the schema is PostgreSQL has been created to accept the incoming data. > > David J. > If the dumps are not ascii the ‘to csv’ step gets problematic if not impossible legally. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general