On 11/10/2015 11:06 AM, Mammarelli, Joanne T wrote:
> Thanks - I've been dying trying to find the software (on the windows side) for part 3 ..
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> https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3663/sql-server-and-postgresql-foreign-data-wrapper-configuration--part-3/
Another option would be to install the Postgres server in a Linux VM on
your Windows machine.
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> From: Adrian Klaver [mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:49 PM
> To: Mammarelli, Joanne T; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Best tool to pull from mssql
>
> On 11/10/2015 10:26 AM, Mammarelli, Joanne T wrote:
>> Continuously syncing .. we have database in mssql. Ideally we'd like to connect to the mssql databases and pull
outthe fields/content we required and populate that in a postgres database.
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> When all else fails you can go the ODBC route. I have done that through Access to create a linked Postgres table that
Ican populate from other data sources.
>
> Here are some articles that seem to be doing something similar using SQL Server and Postgres. In the article Postgres
isinstalled on a Linux box, but that does matter for the ODBC usage. :
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> https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3661/creating-twoway-data-access-between-sql-server-and-postgresql--part-1/
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> https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3662/sql-server-and-postgresql-linked-server-configuration--part-2/
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adrian Klaver [mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:26 PM
>> To: Mammarelli, Joanne T; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Best tool to pull from mssql
>>
>> On 11/10/2015 10:21 AM, Mammarelli, Joanne T wrote:
>>> Hi .. we're on a hunt to locate either pgloader or the tds_fdw
>>> extension to assist us with pulling data FROM a Microsoft sql server
>>> (we're a windows-based postgres installation).
>>
>> So are we taking about a one time operation or continuously syncing or something in between?
>>
>>>
>>> Is this the proper way to handle the process?
>>>
>>
>> Depends on the answer to the above.
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