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An Overview Of SAP Change Data Capture

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Change Data Capture (CDC) identifies and loads only changed data. You can use SAP Change Data Capture to get all the attributes of CDC to locate and extract only the incremental data added to the database after the last refresh. The Replication Server, also known as the target database gets data from the source database in real time and captures the data. Data Services connects to Replication Server to capture changed data, subscriptions, and configurations. For metadata information, Data Services connects directly to source databases to capture data. Click here to learn more about SAP Change Data Capture. Users of Microsoft need a connector that extracts only the delta between two sets of data. Delta is the changed data in a dataset regardless of whether it is Update, Insert, or Delete. A delta extraction connector uses the SAP Change Data Capture feature that is in-built in SAP systems to identify the delta in a dataset. The SAP CDC capabilities in Data Factory use the SAP O...

An Overview of Moving Databases From Oracle to Postgres

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  In this post, we will take an overview of why you should migrate databases from Oracle to Postgres and the benefits such a move brings to the table. Click here to learn more about migrating databases from Oracle to Postgres. Why should you move databases from Oracle to Postgres? There are primarily three reasons for doing so. ·         Cost factor: Oracle charges license fees and additional costs for portioning while Postgres is free to use. ·          Flexibility: Oracle has the risk of vendor lock-in but Postgres being open-source is available from multiple public cloud providers. ·         Customizability: Postgres offers several free extensions to boost database performance but any Oracle add-ons is added to the cost of usage. Database migration from Oracle to Postgres is not easy and often challenging as both are relational database management systems ...