I'd be _very_ interested. I'll also volunteer to help out on this if
you need assistance -- we have somewhat of a mixed environment here, so
I already have a few (simple) functions that allow some compatibility
between MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL (supporting "nextval" on SQL
Server, etc.), but it sounds like your work has gone far beyond my work.
- Bill
>
> Hi.
>
> In the course of porting a database from Microsoft SQL Server to
> PostgreSQL I have rewritten a few of the date and string functions in
> pl/pgSQL. Started with just datepart, datediff and soundex, but once
> started I continued and rewrote all date/time and string functions
> supported by MS SQL 2005. Leaving only compatibility with
> unicode-handling and binary objects (that MS SQL Server for
> some reason
> overloads string functions to work with).
>
> I guess I am not the only one moving from MS SQL Server, so is there
> interest for others to use my work, as a contrib perhaps. And
> how should
> I continue from here in that case?
>
> regards
>
> --
> //Fredrik Olsson
> Treyst AB
> +46-19-362182
> fredrik.olsson@treyst.se
>