migrating-oracle-to-postgres-stored-procedures
Migrates Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures to PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL. Translates Oracle-specific syntax, preserves method signatures and type-anchored parameters, leverages orafce where appropriate, and applies explicit collation mapping (`COLLATE "C"` only when appropriate, locale collations when requir
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Migrating Stored Procedures from Oracle to PostgreSQL
Translate Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures and functions to PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL equivalents.
Workflow
Step 1: Read the Oracle source procedure
Read the Oracle stored procedure from .github/oracle to postgres migration/DDL/Oracle/Procedures and Functions/ . Consult the Oracle table/view definitions at .github/oracle to postgres migration/DDL/Oracle/Tables and Views/ for type resolution.
Step 2: Translate to PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL
Apply these translation rules:
Translate all Oracle specific syntax to PostgreSQL equivalents.
Preserve original functionality and control flow logic.
Keep type anchored input parameters (e.g., PARAM NAME IN table name.column name%TYPE ).
Use explicit types ( NUMERIC , VARCHAR , INTEGER ) for output parameters passed to other procedures — do not type anchor these.
Do not alter method signatures.
Do not prefix object names with schema names unless already present in the Oracle source.
Leave exception handling and rollback logic unchanged.
Do not generate COMMENT or GRANT statements.
Apply collation intentionally when ordering text:
Use COLLATE "C" only when Oracle compatible binary ordering is required and no other sort order is specified.
If Oracle used explicit linguistic sorting (for example NLS SORT = French ), map to an explicit PostgreSQL locale collation instead of "C" .
Use SELECT collname, collprovider, collcollate, collctype FROM pg collation ORDER BY collname; to discover collations in the target environment.
Treat UNION ALL as a review checkpoint. Validate plan quality per branch and restructure if combined branch planning causes regressions (for example, unexpected sequential scans on large tables).
Leverage the orafce extension when it improves clarity or fidelity.
Consult the PostgreSQL table/view definitions at .github/oracle to postgres migration/DDL/Postgres/{ProjectName}/Tables and Views/ for target schema details.
Step 3: Write the migrated procedure to Postgres output directory
Place each migrated procedure in its own file under .github/oracle to postgres migration/DDL/Postgres/{ProjectName}/Procedures and Functions/{PACKAGE NAME IF APPLICABLE}/ . One procedure per file.
{ProjectName} is the project's assembly/folder name with spaces normalized to (e.g. MyApp.DataAccess ). This matches the path used by the agent and other migration skills.