Re: EnterpriseDB

It is my understanding that EnterpriseDB has many extensions built on
top of PostgreSQL 8.1, and I doubt that an EnterpriseDB backup could
be restored into the open source version of PostgreSQL.  It would
probably error out once it tried to create a stored procedure with
the oracle compatibility extensions in it.

Will Reese
http://blog.rezra.com

On May 5, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Guy Rouillier wrote:

> Matthew Hixson wrote:
>> Just a normal, downloaded from www.postgresql.org, PostgreSQL 8.1
>> database.
>
> I imagine Terry's question stems from what would appear to be a
> straightforward scenario, and hence the need to ask.  For the second
> part of your question, are you asking simply if you can dump a PG
> database and then import it back into PG?  If that is your question,
> then yes, that's what dump is designed for.
>
>>    -M@
>>
>> On May 5, 2006, at 4:56 PM, Terry Fielder wrote:
>>
>>> By "regular PostgreSQL" do you mean a PostgreSQL 7.x install?
>>>
>>> Terry Fielder
>>> terry@greatgulfhomes.com
>>> Associate Director Software Development and Deployment
>>> Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
>>> Fax: (416) 441-9085
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew Hixson wrote:
>>>> http://www.enterprisedb.com/news_events/press_releases/04_24_06.do
>>>>
>>>> Was wondering if anyone had used that to import an Oracle .dmp
>>>> file and then export a Postgres 8.1 dump file for import into a
>>>>   regular PostgreSQL database. -M@
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