Migration Handbook
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Organizations migrate their Oracle applications to use other database
technologies for a variety of reasons including:

- Reducing costs

- License flexibility

- Open source initiatives

- Initiatives to modernize and consolidate applications and technologies

- The desire to move to new platforms and deployment environments

Due to its rich set of features, quality, and strong development
community, Postgres is often chosen as the target database for a
migration off of Oracle. EDB provides a distribution of PostgreSQL, EDB
Postgres Advanced Server, with built-in compatibility for Oracle and a
set of migration tools and services specifically geared toward helping
organizations move off of Oracle more easily and with less impact to
their business.

The purpose of this document is to help you plan and execute an Oracle
to EDB Postgres Advanced Server migration. It identifies and describes
the factors to consider when performing a migration, the steps in the
migration journey, and the capabilities, tools, and services that EDB
provides to help with migrations. Also covered are the key similarities
and differences between Oracle and EDB Postgres Advanced Server and
workarounds for known differences or incompatibilities.

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 3

  oracle--factors_to_consider
  oracle--migration_techniques
  oracle--migration_journey
  oracle--edb_migration_tools
  oracle--oracle_epas_comparison--index