Re: Is data import from Oracle table to Postgres table in Ora2pg consecutive or random?

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2023-09-12T13:10:16Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> On 12 Sep 2023, at 14:26, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:
> 
> El día martes, septiembre 12, 2023 a las 02:19:19 +0200, Peter J. Holzer escribió:
> 
>>> - Or can we add additional parameters to the ora2pg.conf file to control this
>>> process and ensure that the data is imported sequentially, following the
>>> primary key from smallest to largest?
> 
> AFAIK, a simple SELECT in PostgreSQL without an ORDER BY will return the rows
> in random order.

It will return the rows in some order, without guarantees about randomness or
asc/desc ordering.  Any query which relies on ordering, whichever is wanted,
should include an ORDER BY clause.

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Daniel Gustafsson