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<TITLE>Ora2Pg - Oracle to PostgreSQL database schema converter</TITLE>
-<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:root@porky.devel.redhat.com">
+<LINK REV="made" HREF="mailto:darold@localhost.localdomain">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
+<A NAME="__index__"></A>
<!-- INDEX BEGIN -->
<UL>
- <LI><A HREF="#NAME">NAME</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#ABSTRACT">ABSTRACT</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#REQUIREMENT">REQUIREMENT</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#PUBLIC_METHODS">PUBLIC METHODS</A>
+ <LI><A HREF="#name">NAME</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#abstract">ABSTRACT</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#requirement">REQUIREMENT</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#public methods">PUBLIC METHODS</A></LI>
<UL>
- <LI><A HREF="#new_HASH_OPTIONS">new HASH_OPTIONS</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#export_sql_FILENAME">export_sql FILENAME</A>
+ <LI><A HREF="#new hash_options">new HASH_OPTIONS</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#export_data filename">export_data FILENAME</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#export_sql filename">export_sql FILENAME</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#send_to_pgdb dest_datasrc dest_user dest_passwd">send_to_pgdb DEST_DATASRC DEST_USER DEST_PASSWD</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#modify_struct table_name arrayof_fieldname">modify_struct TABLE_NAME ARRAYOF_FIELDNAME</A></LI>
</UL>
- <LI><A HREF="#PRIVATE_METHODS">PRIVATE METHODS</A>
+ <LI><A HREF="#private methods">PRIVATE METHODS</A></LI>
<UL>
- <LI><A HREF="#_init_HASH_OPTIONS">_init HASH_OPTIONS</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_grants">_grants</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_sequences">_sequences</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_triggers">_triggers</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_functions">_functions</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_tables">_tables</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_views">_views</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_sql_data">_get_sql_data</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_sql_type_INTERNAL_TYPE_LENGTH">_sql_type INTERNAL_TYPE LENGTH</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_column_info_TABLE">_column_info TABLE</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_primary_key_TABLE">_primary_key TABLE</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_unique_key_TABLE">_unique_key TABLE</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_foreign_key_TABLE">_foreign_key TABLE</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_users">_get_users</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_roles">_get_roles</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_all_grants">_get_all_grants</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_indexes_TABLE">_get_indexes TABLE</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_sequences">_get_sequences</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_views">_get_views</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_triggers">_get_triggers</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_get_functions">_get_functions</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#_table_info">_table_info</A>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_init hash_options">_init HASH_OPTIONS</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_grants">_grants</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_sequences">_sequences</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_triggers">_triggers</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_functions">_functions</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_packages">_packages</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_tables">_tables</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_views">_views</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_sql_data">_get_sql_data</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_data table">_get_data TABLE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_sql_type internal_type length precision scale">_sql_type INTERNAL_TYPE LENGTH PRECISION SCALE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_column_info table">_column_info TABLE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_primary_key table">_primary_key TABLE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_unique_key table">_unique_key TABLE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_foreign_key table">_foreign_key TABLE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_users">_get_users</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_roles">_get_roles</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_all_grants">_get_all_grants</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_indexes table">_get_indexes TABLE</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_sequences">_get_sequences</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_views">_get_views</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_alias_info">_alias_info</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_triggers">_get_triggers</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_functions">_get_functions</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_get_packages">_get_packages</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#_table_info">_table_info</A></LI>
</UL>
- <LI><A HREF="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#BUGS">BUGS</A>
- <LI><A HREF="#SEE_ALSO">SEE ALSO</A>
+ <LI><A HREF="#author">AUTHOR</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#copyright">COPYRIGHT</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#bugs">BUGS</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#see also">SEE ALSO</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#acknowledgements">ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS</A></LI>
</UL>
<!-- INDEX END -->
<HR>
<P>
-<H1><A NAME="NAME">NAME</A></H1>
-<P>
-Ora2Pg - Oracle to PostgreSQL database schema converter
-
+<H1><A NAME="name">NAME</A></H1>
+<P>Ora2Pg - Oracle to PostgreSQL database schema converter</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
-<P>
-<PRE> BEGIN {
+<H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
+<PRE>
+ BEGIN {
$ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = '/usr/local/oracle/oracle816';
- }
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<PRE> use strict;
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<PRE> use Ora2Pg;
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<PRE> # Init the database connection
+ }</PRE>
+<PRE>
+ use strict;</PRE>
+<PRE>
+ use Ora2Pg;</PRE>
+<PRE>
+ # Init the database connection
my $dbsrc = 'dbi:Oracle:host=testdb.samse.fr;sid=TEST;port=1521';
my $dbuser = 'system';
- my $dbpwd = 'manager';
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<PRE> # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
+ my $dbpwd = 'manager';</PRE>
+<PRE>
+ # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
my $schema = new Ora2Pg (
datasource =&gt; $dbsrc, # Database DBD datasource
user =&gt; $dbuser, # Database user
password =&gt; $dbpwd, # Database password
- );
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<PRE> # Create the POSTGRESQL representation of all objects in the database
- $schema-&gt;export_schema(&quot;output.sql&quot;);
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<PRE> exit(0);
-</PRE>
-<P>
-or if you only want to extract some tables:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
+ {
+ PrintError =&gt; 0,
+ RaiseError =&gt; 1,
+ AutoCommit =&gt; 0
+ }
+ );</PRE>
+<PRE>
+ # Create the POSTGRESQL representation of all objects in the database
+ $schema-&gt;export_schema(&quot;output.sql&quot;);</PRE>
+<PRE>
+ exit(0);</PRE>
+<P>or if you only want to extract some tables:</P>
+<PRE>
+ # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
my @tables = ('tab1', 'tab2', 'tab3');
my $schema = new Ora2Pg (
datasource =&gt; $dbsrc, # Database DBD datasource
@@ -111,483 +114,366 @@ or if you only want to extract some tables:
or # Tables to extract
tables =&gt; [('tab1','tab2')],
debug =&gt; 1 # To show somethings when running
- );
-</PRE>
-<P>
-or if you only want to extract the 10 first tables:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
+ );</PRE>
+<P>or if you only want to extract the 10 first tables:</P>
+<PRE>
+ # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
my $schema = new Ora2Pg (
datasource =&gt; $dbsrc, # Database DBD datasource
user =&gt; $dbuser, # Database user
password =&gt; $dbpwd, # Database password
max =&gt; 10 # 10 first tables to extract
- );
-</PRE>
-<P>
-or if you only want to extract tables 10 to 20:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
+ );</PRE>
+<P>or if you only want to extract tables 10 to 20:</P>
+<PRE>
+ # Create an instance of the Ora2Pg perl module
my $schema = new Ora2Pg (
datasource =&gt; $dbsrc, # Database DBD datasource
user =&gt; $dbuser, # Database user
password =&gt; $dbpwd, # Database password
min =&gt; 10, # Begin extraction at indice 10
max =&gt; 20 # End extraction at indice 20
- );
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To choose a particular schema just set the following option to your schema
-name :
-
-<P>
-<PRE> schema =&gt; 'APPS'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To know at which indices table can be found during extraction use the
-option:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> showtableid =&gt; 1
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To extract all views set the option type as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'VIEW'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To extract all grants set the option type as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'GRANT'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To extract all sequences set the option type as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'SEQUENCE'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To extract all triggers set the option type as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'TRIGGER'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To extract all functions set the option type as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'FUNCTION'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-To extract all procedures set the option type as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'PROCEDURE'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-Default is table schema extraction
-
-<P>
-<PRE> type =&gt; 'TABLE'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
-<P>
-Ora2Pg is a perl OO module used to export an Oracle database schema to a
-PostgreSQL compatible schema.
-
-<P>
-It simply connect to your Oracle database, extract its structure and
-generate a SQL script that you can load into your PostgreSQL database.
-
-<P>
-I'm not a Oracle DBA so I don't really know something about its internal
+ );</PRE>
+<P>To choose a particular Oracle schema to export just set the following option
+to your schema name:</P>
+<PRE>
+ schema =&gt; 'APPS'</PRE>
+<P>This schema definition can also be needed when you want to export data. If export
+failed and complain that the table doesn't exists use this to prefix the table name
+by the schema name.</P>
+<P>To know at which indices tables can be found during extraction use the option:</P>
+<PRE>
+ showtableid =&gt; 1</PRE>
+<P>To extract all views set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'VIEW'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all grants set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'GRANT'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all sequences set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'SEQUENCE'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all triggers set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'TRIGGER'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all functions set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'FUNCTION'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all procedures set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'PROCEDURE'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all packages and body set the type option as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'PACKAGE'</PRE>
+<P>Default is table extraction</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'TABLE'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all data from table extraction as INSERT statement use:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'DATA'</PRE>
+<P>To extract all data from table extraction as COPY statement use:</P>
+<PRE>
+ type =&gt; 'COPY'</PRE>
+<P>and data_limit =&gt; n to specify the max tuples to return. If you set
+this options to 0 or nothing, no limitation are used. Additional option
+'table', 'min' and 'max' can also be used.</P>
+<P>When use of COPY or DATA you can export data by calling method:</P>
+<P>$schema-&gt;export_data(``output.sql'');</P>
+<P>Data are dumped to the given filename or to STDOUT with no argument.
+You can also send these data directly to a PostgreSQL backend using
+ the following method:</P>
+<P>$schema-&gt;send_to_pgdb($destdatasrc,$destuser,$destpasswd);</P>
+<P>In this case you must call <CODE>export_data()</CODE> without argument after the
+call to method send_to_pgdb().</P>
+<P>If you set type to COPY and you want to dump data directly to a PG database,
+you must call method send_to_pgdb but data will not be sent via DBD::Pg but
+they will be load to the database using the psql command. Calling this method
+is istill required to be able to extract database name, hostname and port
+information. Edit the $PSQL variable to match the path of your psql
+command (nothing to edit if psql is in your path).</P>
+<P>
+<HR>
+<H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
+<P>Ora2Pg is a perl OO module used to export an Oracle database schema
+to a PostgreSQL compatible schema.</P>
+<P>It simply connect to your Oracle database, extract its structure and
+generate a SQL script that you can load into your PostgreSQL database.</P>
+<P>I'm not a Oracle DBA so I don't really know something about its internal
structure so you may find some incorrect things. Please tell me what is
-wrong and what can be better.
-
-<P>
-It currently dump the database schema (tables, views, sequences, indexes,
-grants), with primary, unique and foreign keys into PostgreSQL syntax
-without editing the SQL code generated.
-
-<P>
-Functions, procedures and triggers PL/SQL code generated must be reviewed
-to match the PostgreSQL syntax. Some usefull recommandation on porting
-Oracle to PostgreSQL can be found at <A
-HREF="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/">http://techdocs.postgresql.org/</A>
-under the ``Converting from other Databases to PostgreSQL'' Oracle part. I
-just notice one thing more is that the <CODE>trunc()</CODE> function in
-Oracle is the same for number or date so be carefull when porting to
-PostgreSQL to use <CODE>trunc()</CODE> for number and
-<CODE>date_trunc()</CODE> for date.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="ABSTRACT">ABSTRACT</A></H1>
-<P>
-The goal of the Ora2Pg perl module is to cover all part needed to export an
-Oracle database to a PostgreSQL database without other thing that provide
-the connection parameters to the Oracle database.
-
-<P>
-Features must include:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> - Database schema export (tables, views, sequences, indexes),
+wrong and what can be better.</P>
+<P>It currently dump the database schema (tables, views, sequences, indexes, grants),
+with primary, unique and foreign keys into PostgreSQL syntax without editing the
+SQL code generated.</P>
+<P>It now can dump Oracle data into PostgreSQL DB as online process. You can choose
+what columns can be exported for each table.</P>
+<P>Functions, procedures and triggers PL/SQL code generated must be reviewed to match
+the PostgreSQL syntax. Some usefull recommandation on porting Oracle to PostgreSQL
+can be found at <A HREF="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/">http://techdocs.postgresql.org/</A> under the ``Converting from other
+Databases to PostgreSQL'' Oracle part. I just notice one thing more is that the
+<CODE>trunc()</CODE> function in Oracle is the same for number or date so be carefull when
+porting to PostgreSQL to use <CODE>trunc()</CODE> for number and <CODE>date_trunc()</CODE> for date.</P>
+<P>
+<HR>
+<H1><A NAME="abstract">ABSTRACT</A></H1>
+<P>The goal of the Ora2Pg perl module is to cover all part needed to export
+an Oracle database to a PostgreSQL database without other thing that provide
+the connection parameters to the Oracle database.</P>
+<P>Features must include:</P>
+<PRE>
+ - Database schema export (tables, views, sequences, indexes),
with unique, primary and foreign key.
- Grants/privileges export by user and group.
- Table selection (by name and max table) export.
- - Predefined functions/triggers/procedures export.
- - Sql query converter (todo)
- - Data export (todo)
-</PRE>
-<P>
-My knowledge regarding database is really poor especially for Oracle so
-contribution is welcome.
-
+ - Predefined functions/triggers/procedures/packages export.
+ - Data export.
+ - Sql query converter (todo)</PRE>
+<P>My knowledge regarding database is really poor especially for Oracle
+so contribution is welcome.</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="REQUIREMENT">REQUIREMENT</A></H1>
-<P>
-You just need the DBI and DBD::Oracle perl module to be installed
-
+<H1><A NAME="requirement">REQUIREMENT</A></H1>
+<P>You just need the DBI, DBD::Pg and DBD::Oracle perl module to be installed</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="PUBLIC_METHODS">PUBLIC METHODS</A></H1>
+<H1><A NAME="public methods">PUBLIC METHODS</A></H1>
<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="new_HASH_OPTIONS">new HASH_OPTIONS</A></H2>
-<P>
-Creates a new Ora2Pg object.
-
-<P>
-Supported options are:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> - datasource : DBD datasource (required)
+<H2><A NAME="new hash_options">new HASH_OPTIONS</A></H2>
+<P>Creates a new Ora2Pg object.</P>
+<P>Supported options are:</P>
+<PRE>
+ - datasource : DBD datasource (required)
- user : DBD user (optional with public access)
- password : DBD password (optional with public access)
- schema : Oracle internal schema to extract
- - type : Type of data to extract, can be TABLE,VIEW,GRANT,SEQUENCE,TRIGGER,FUNCTION,PROCEDURE
+ - type : Type of data to extract, can be TABLE,VIEW,GRANT,SEQUENCE,
+ TRIGGER,FUNCTION,PROCEDURE,DATA,COPY,PACKAGE
- debug : Print the current state of the parsing
- tables : Extract only the given tables (arrayref)
- showtableid : Display only the table indice during extraction
- min : Indice to begin extraction. Default to 0
- max : Indice to end extraction. Default to 0 mean no limits
-</PRE>
+ - data_limit : Number max of tuples to return during data extraction (default 10)</PRE>
+<P>Attempt that this list should grow a little more because all initialization is
+done by this way.</P>
<P>
-Attempt that this list should grow a little more because all initialization
-is done by this way.
-
+<H2><A NAME="export_data filename">export_data FILENAME</A></H2>
+<P>Print SQL data output to a filename or
+to STDOUT if no file is given.</P>
+<P>Must be used only if type option is set to DATA or COPY
+=cut</P>
+<P>sub export_data
+{
+ my ($self, $outfile) = @_;</P>
+<PRE>
+ $self-&gt;_get_sql_data($outfile);
+}</PRE>
<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="export_sql_FILENAME">export_sql FILENAME</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="export_sql filename">export_sql FILENAME</A></H2>
+<P>Print SQL conversion output to a filename or
+simply return these data if no file is given.</P>
<P>
-Print SQL conversion output to a filename or to STDOUT if no file is given.
-
+<H2><A NAME="send_to_pgdb dest_datasrc dest_user dest_passwd">send_to_pgdb DEST_DATASRC DEST_USER DEST_PASSWD</A></H2>
+<P>Open a DB handle to a PostgreSQL database</P>
<P>
-<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="PRIVATE_METHODS">PRIVATE METHODS</A></H1>
+<H2><A NAME="modify_struct table_name arrayof_fieldname">modify_struct TABLE_NAME ARRAYOF_FIELDNAME</A></H2>
+<P>Modify a table structure during export. Only given fieldname
+will be exported.</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_init_HASH_OPTIONS">_init HASH_OPTIONS</A></H2>
+<H1><A NAME="private methods">PRIVATE METHODS</A></H1>
<P>
-Initialize a Ora2Pg object instance with a connexion to the Oracle
-database.
-
+<H2><A NAME="_init hash_options">_init HASH_OPTIONS</A></H2>
+<P>Initialize a Ora2Pg object instance with a connexion to the
+Oracle database.</P>
<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_grants">_grants</A></H2>
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all privilege information.</P>
+<P>It extract all Oracle's ROLES to convert them as Postgres groups
+and search all users associated to these roles.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash $self-&gt;{groups}.
+Set the main hash $self-&gt;{grantss}.</P>
<P>
-This function is used to retrieve all privilege information.
-
-<P>
-It extract all Oracle's ROLES to convert them as Postgres groups and search
-all users associated to these roles.
-
-<P>
-Set the main hash $self-&gt;{groups}. Set the main hash
-$self-&gt;{grantss}.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_sequences">_sequences</A></H2>
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all sequences information.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash $self-&gt;{sequences}.</P>
<P>
-This function is used to retrieve all sequences information.
-
-<P>
-Set the main hash $self-&gt;{sequences}.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_triggers">_triggers</A></H2>
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all triggers information.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash $self-&gt;{triggers}.</P>
<P>
-This function is used to retrieve all triggers information.
-
-<P>
-Set the main hash $self-&gt;{triggers}.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_functions">_functions</A></H2>
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all functions information.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash $self-&gt;{functions}.</P>
<P>
-This function is used to retrieve all functions information.
-
+<H2><A NAME="_packages">_packages</A></H2>
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all packages information.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash $self-&gt;{packages}.</P>
<P>
-Set the main hash $self-&gt;{functions}.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_tables">_tables</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function is used to retrieve all table information.
-
-<P>
-Set the main hash of the database structure $self-&gt;{tables}. Keys are
-the names of all tables retrieved from the current database. Each table
-information compose an array associated to the table_info key as array
-reference. In other way:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> $self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{table_info} = [(OWNER,TYPE)];
-</PRE>
-<P>
-DBI TYPE can be TABLE, VIEW, SYSTEM TABLE, GLOBAL TEMPORARY, LOCAL
-TEMPORARY, ALIAS, SYNONYM or a data source specific type identifier. This
-only extract TABLE type.
-
-<P>
-It also get the following informations in the DBI object to affect the main
-hash of the database structure :
-
-<P>
-<PRE> $self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{field_name} = $sth-&gt;{NAME};
- $self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{field_type} = $sth-&gt;{TYPE};
-</PRE>
-<P>
-It also call these other private subroutine to affect the main hash of the
-database structure :
-
-<P>
-<PRE> @{$self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{column_info}} = $self-&gt;_column_info($class_name);
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all table information.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash of the database structure $self-&gt;{tables}.
+Keys are the names of all tables retrieved from the current
+database. Each table information compose an array associated
+to the table_info key as array reference. In other way:</P>
+<PRE>
+ $self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{table_info} = [(OWNER,TYPE)];</PRE>
+<P>DBI TYPE can be TABLE, VIEW, SYSTEM TABLE, GLOBAL TEMPORARY, LOCAL TEMPORARY,
+ALIAS, SYNONYM or a data source specific type identifier. This only extract
+TABLE type.</P>
+<P>It also get the following informations in the DBI object to affect the
+main hash of the database structure :</P>
+<PRE>
+ $self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{field_name} = $sth-&gt;{NAME};
+ $self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{field_type} = $sth-&gt;{TYPE};</PRE>
+<P>It also call these other private subroutine to affect the main hash
+of the database structure :</P>
+<PRE>
+ @{$self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{column_info}} = $self-&gt;_column_info($class_name);
@{$self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{primary_key}} = $self-&gt;_primary_key($class_name);
@{$self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{unique_key}} = $self-&gt;_unique_key($class_name);
- @{$self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{foreign_key}} = $self-&gt;_foreign_key($class_name);
-</PRE>
+ @{$self-&gt;{tables}{$class_name}{foreign_key}} = $self-&gt;_foreign_key($class_name);</PRE>
<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_views">_views</A></H2>
+<P>This function is used to retrieve all views information.</P>
+<P>Set the main hash of the views definition $self-&gt;{views}.
+Keys are the names of all views retrieved from the current
+database values are the text definition of the views.</P>
+<P>It then set the main hash as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ # Definition of the view
+ $self-&gt;{views}{$table}{text} = $view_infos{$table};</PRE>
<P>
-This function is used to retrieve all views information.
-
-<P>
-Set the main hash of the views definition $self-&gt;{views}. Keys are the
-names of all views retrieved from the current database values are the text
-definition of the views.
-
-<P>
-It then set the main hash as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> # Definition of the view
- $self-&gt;{views}{$table}{text} = $view_infos{$table};
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_sql_data">_get_sql_data</A></H2>
+<P>Returns a string containing the entire SQL Schema definition compatible with PostgreSQL</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_get_data table">_get_data TABLE</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native data extraction.</P>
+<P>Return a list of array reference containing the data</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_sql_type internal_type length precision scale">_sql_type INTERNAL_TYPE LENGTH PRECISION SCALE</A></H2>
+<P>This function return the PostgreSQL datatype corresponding to the
+Oracle internal type.</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_column_info table">_column_info TABLE</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native column information.</P>
+<P>Return a list of array reference containing the following informations
+for each column the given a table</P>
+<P>[(
+ column name,
+ column type,
+ column length,
+ nullable column,
+ default value
+)]</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_primary_key table">_primary_key TABLE</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native primary key column
+information.</P>
+<P>Return a list of all column name defined as primary key
+for the given table.</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_unique_key table">_unique_key TABLE</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native unique key column
+information.</P>
+<P>Return a list of all column name defined as unique key
+for the given table.</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_foreign_key table">_foreign_key TABLE</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native foreign key reference
+information.</P>
+<P>Return a list of hash of hash of array reference. Ouuf! Nothing very difficult.
+The first hash is composed of all foreign key name. The second hash just have
+two key known as 'local' and remote' corresponding to the local table where the
+foreign key is defined and the remote table where the key refer.</P>
+<P>The foreign key name is composed as follow:</P>
+<PRE>
+ 'local_table_name-&gt;remote_table_name'</PRE>
+<P>Foreign key data consist in two array representing at the same indice the local
+field and the remote field where the first one refer to the second.
+Just like this:</P>
+<PRE>
+ @{$link{$fkey_name}{local}} = @local_columns;
+ @{$link{$fkey_name}{remote}} = @remote_columns;</PRE>
<P>
-Returns a string containing the entire SQL Schema definition compatible
-with PostgreSQL
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_sql_type_INTERNAL_TYPE_LENGTH">_sql_type INTERNAL_TYPE LENGTH</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function return the PostgreSQL datatype corresponding to the Oracle
-internal type.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_column_info_TABLE">_column_info TABLE</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native column information.
-
-<P>
-Return a list of array reference containing the following informations for
-each column the given a table
-
-<P>
-[( column name, column type, column length, nullable column, default value
-)]
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_primary_key_TABLE">_primary_key TABLE</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native primary key column information.
-
-<P>
-Return a list of all column name defined as primary key for the given
-table.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_unique_key_TABLE">_unique_key TABLE</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native unique key column information.
-
-<P>
-Return a list of all column name defined as unique key for the given table.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_foreign_key_TABLE">_foreign_key TABLE</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native foreign key reference information.
-
-<P>
-Return a list of hash of hash of array reference. Ouuf! Nothing very
-difficult. The first hash is composed of all foreign key name. The second
-hash just have two key known as 'local' and remote' corresponding to the
-local table where the foreign key is defined and the remote table where the
-key refer.
-
-<P>
-The foreign key name is composed as follow:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> 'local_table_name-&gt;remote_table_name'
-</PRE>
-<P>
-Foreign key data consist in two array representing at the same indice the
-local field and the remote field where the first one refer to the second.
-Just like this:
-
-<P>
-<PRE> @{$link{$fkey_name}{local}} = @local_columns;
- @{$link{$fkey_name}{remote}} = @remote_columns;
-</PRE>
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_users">_get_users</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native users information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of all users as an array.</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native users information.
-
-<P>
-Return a hash of all users as an array.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_roles">_get_roles</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native roles
+information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of all groups (roles) as an array of associated users.</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native roles information.
-
-<P>
-Return a hash of all groups (roles) as an array of associated users.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_all_grants">_get_all_grants</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native user privilege
+information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of all tables grants as an array of associated users.</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native user privilege information.
-
+<H2><A NAME="_get_indexes table">_get_indexes TABLE</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native indexes information.</P>
+<P>Return hash of array containing all unique index and a hash of
+array of all indexes name which are not primary keys for the
+given table.</P>
<P>
-Return a hash of all tables grants as an array of associated users.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
-<H2><A NAME="_get_indexes_TABLE">_get_indexes TABLE</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native indexes information.
-
-<P>
-Return hash of array containing all unique index and a hash of array of all
-indexes name which are not primary keys for the given table.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_sequences">_get_sequences</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native sequences
+information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of array of sequence name with MIN_VALUE, MAX_VALUE,
+INCREMENT and LAST_NUMBER for the given table.</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native sequences information.
-
-<P>
-Return a hash of array of sequence name with MIN_VALUE, MAX_VALUE,
-INCREMENT and LAST_NUMBER for the given table.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_views">_get_views</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native views information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of view name with the SQL query it is based on.</P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="_alias_info">_alias_info</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native column information.</P>
+<P>Return a list of array reference containing the following informations
+for each alias of the given view</P>
+<P>[(
+ column name,
+ column id
+)]</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native views information.
-
-<P>
-Return a hash of view name with the SQL query it is based on.
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_triggers">_get_triggers</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native triggers information.</P>
+<P>Return an array of refarray of all triggers informations</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native triggers information.
-
-<P>
-Return an array of refarray of all triggers informations
-
-<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_get_functions">_get_functions</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native functions information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of all function name with their PLSQL code</P>
<P>
-This function implements a Oracle-native functions information.
-
-<P>
-Return a hash of all function name with their PLSQL code
-
+<H2><A NAME="_get_packages">_get_packages</A></H2>
+<P>This function implements a Oracle-native packages information.</P>
+<P>Return a hash of all function name with their PLSQL code</P>
<P>
-<HR>
<H2><A NAME="_table_info">_table_info</A></H2>
-<P>
-This function retrieve all Oracle-native tables information.
-
-<P>
-Return a handle to a DB query statement
-
+<P>This function retrieve all Oracle-native tables information.</P>
+<P>Return a handle to a DB query statement</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="AUTHOR">AUTHOR</A></H1>
-<P>
-Gilles Darold &lt;<A
-HREF="mailto:gilles@darold.net">gilles@darold.net</A>&gt;
-
+<H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1>
+<P>Gilles Darold &lt;<A HREF="mailto:gilles@darold.net">gilles@darold.net</A>&gt;</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</A></H1>
-<P>
-Copyright (c) 2001 Gilles Darold - All rights reserved.
-
-<P>
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the same terms as Perl itself.
-
+<H1><A NAME="copyright">COPYRIGHT</A></H1>
+<P>Copyright (c) 2001 Gilles Darold - All rights reserved.</P>
+<P>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the same terms as Perl itself.</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="BUGS">BUGS</A></H1>
-<P>
-This perl module is in the same state as my knowledge regarding database,
+<H1><A NAME="bugs">BUGS</A></H1>
+<P>This perl module is in the same state as my knowledge regarding database,
it can move and not be compatible with older version so I will do my best
-to give you official support for Ora2Pg. Your volontee to help construct it
-and your contribution are welcome.
-
+to give you official support for Ora2Pg. Your volontee to help construct
+it and your contribution are welcome.</P>
<P>
<HR>
-<H1><A NAME="SEE_ALSO">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
+<H1><A NAME="see also">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
+<P><EM>DBI</EM>, <A HREF="/DBD/Oracle.html">the DBD::Oracle manpage</A>, <A HREF="/DBD/Pg.html">the DBD::Pg manpage</A></P>
<P>
-<EM>DBI</EM>, <A HREF="/DBD/Oracle.html">DBD::Oracle</A>
-
-
+<HR>
+<H1><A NAME="acknowledgements">ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS</A></H1>
+<P>Thanks to Jason Servetar who decided me to implement data extraction.</P>
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