Welcome to #PostgreSQLRussia November 3

On November 3, a #PostgreSQLRussia meeting will be held in the Moscow office of the Mail.Ru Group. This time the main topic will be the transition to PostgreSQL from other DBMS. In our country in recent years, more and more companies are moving from proprietary to open systems, in particular to PostgreSQL. This process has its own nuances, and each large project has something to tell about its migration experience. This information would be useful not only to those who are still planning to switch to PostgreSQL, but also to quite experienced users.

Pavel Luzanov from Postgres Professional will open the meeting with his report. His presentation will be called PostgreSQL for Oracle Users . As the captain suggests, it is addressed to Oracle users who are interested in migrating to PostgreSQL. Both DBMSs are well compatible with the ANSI SQL standard, which will greatly facilitate the transition and adaptation. Pavel will talk about some of the features of PostgreSQL, which will help simplify migration even more.

Ilya Kosmodemyansky , PostgreSQL-Consulting.com, will make a presentation on “Pragma autonomous transaction” . It is dedicated to autonomous transactions, which play a crucial role in the migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL. Ilya will tell you what autonomous transactions are, when they are used, how they are organized in PostgreSQL, and what the PostgreSQL community is doing to realize full support for autonomous transactions.
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Speech by Andrei Kondrashov , Bank of Moscow, is called “ABS in a large bank. PostgreSQL testing. Experience of using Ora2Pg. Evaluation of opportunities . Andrey will talk about the requirements for the DBMS and the increase of independence, about the experience of transferring the core of the ABS M-Bank to PostgreSQL using Ora2Pg. Also, guests will learn what to expect from PostgreSQL, what problems can be encountered and how to solve them.

Then Dmitry Kremer , MIA "Russia Today" (RIA Novosti) will speak. The topic of his report is “Building a PostgreSQL based news web application . ”

Boris Verugin , Diasoft Platform, whose presentation is entitled “Automated application migration mechanisms for Oracle DBMS to PostgreSQL DBMS” will end the meeting. Boris will talk about the experience of migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL of Diasoft Platform and the Diasoft Database Adapter product for migrating applications.

We would also like to draw your attention to the fact that a special guest will take part in the mitap - Bruce Momjian , co-founder of the PostgreSQL project, one of the leaders of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PGDG) and an expert of EnterpriseDB. The company's main product, Postgres Plus Advanced Server, is an enhanced commercial version of PostgreSQL, designed to facilitate migration from Oracle DBMS.

The meeting starts at 19:00. Collection of guests at 18:30. An online broadcast will be organized. Address: Leningradsky Prospect, 39, p. 79 (m. Airport). To visit mitap with you, you must have a passport or driver's license. Do not forget to register !