PostgreSQL Database Link to Oracle Database on Linux
I have seen question, like "How to make Database Link from PostgreSQL to Oracle?", always floats in PostgreSQL Community Forum. So, I thought to do some research on it and write a Blog. Cybertec (One of The PostgreSQL Database Company) has released a PostgreSQL Module ODBC Link, using which user can make Database link to any other database, including Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL etc, which have ODBC compliant Data source. Lets see how you can make ODBC Connection from PostgreSQL to any ODBC compliant data source and fetch data. Installation of this module is very simple. Following are the steps which user can follow: 1. Install the unixODBC driver on your linux machine. user can use following useful link for Downloading and Installing the unixODBC Driver: http://www.unixodbc.org/ 2. Download ODBC-Link from following location: http://www.cybertec.at/download/odbc_link/ODBC-Link-1.0.4.tar.gz 3. Untar the downloaded file as given below: tar -zxvf ODBC-Link-1.0.4.