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Oracle to PostgreSQL Migration Testing

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Streamline integration testing for database migrations.

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Updated Aug 10, 2026
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What Oracle to PostgreSQL Migration Testing does

The Planning Integration Testing for Oracle-to-PostgreSQL Migration skill assists developers in creating a comprehensive testing plan for .NET data access artifacts during the migration process. It focuses on analyzing a single project to identify key components such as repositories, Data Access Objects (DAOs), and service layers that interact with the database. By providing a structured approach, this skill ensures that all necessary integration tests are accounted for, facilitating a smoother transition from Oracle to PostgreSQL.

The workflow is divided into three clear steps. First, the skill identifies data access artifacts within the target project, ensuring that only relevant classes and methods that directly interact with the database are considered. This targeted analysis helps developers avoid unnecessary complexity and focus on the critical components that require testing.

Next, the skill classifies testing priorities based on migration risk, emphasizing the importance of testing methods that utilize Oracle-specific features. This prioritization allows developers to allocate resources effectively, ensuring that high-risk areas receive the attention they deserve. Finally, the skill generates a detailed markdown testing plan that includes a list of testable artifacts, recommended test cases, seed data requirements, and a mapping of coverage to ensure every database interaction is validated.

This skill is ideal for teams planning an Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration and need to establish a solid testing strategy. It provides the necessary guidance for validating the behavior of migrated data access methods, ensuring that the new PostgreSQL implementation meets the expected standards set by the original Oracle database.

When to use it

Use this skill when planning integration test coverage for a project migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL.

When not to use it

This skill is not suitable for projects that do not involve Oracle or PostgreSQL databases or for testing business logic that does not interact with the database.

What you can build with it

Migration Planning

Use this skill to create a testing plan before starting the migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL.

Identifying Test Coverage

Leverage the skill to ensure all critical data access methods are covered by integration tests.

Prioritizing Testing Efforts

Utilize the skill to classify and prioritize testing based on migration risk, focusing on high-risk methods.

How to install Oracle to PostgreSQL Migration Testing

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Planning Integration Testing for Oracle-to-PostgreSQL Migration

Analyze a single target project to identify data access artifacts that require integration testing, then produce a structured, actionable testing plan.

Workflow

Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Identify data access artifacts
- [ ] Step 2: Classify testing priorities
- [ ] Step 3: Write the testing plan

Step 1: Identify data access artifacts

Scope to the target project only. Find classes and methods that interact directly with the database — repositories, DAOs, stored procedure callers, service layers performing CRUD operations.

Step 2: Classify testing priorities

Rank artifacts by migration risk. Prioritize methods that use Oracle-specific features (refcursors, TO_CHAR, implicit type coercion, NO_DATA_FOUND) over simple CRUD.

Step 3: Write the testing plan

Write a markdown plan covering:

  • List of testable artifacts with method signatures
  • Recommended test cases per artifact
  • Seed data requirements
  • Known Oracle→PostgreSQL behavioral differences to validate
  • Coverage mapping that ensures every database touchpoint has at least one test case (or a justified set of cases for high-risk methods)

When defining recommended test cases, explicitly include:

  • Text parameter behavior for both empty string and NULL/missing values.
  • Datetime/timezone assertions, including round-trip and comparison behavior.
  • Cases where destination columns use timestamp without time zone or timestamp(0), with explicit timezone-application expectations.

Output

Write the plan to: .github/oracle-to-postgres-migration/Reports/{TARGET_PROJECT} Integration Testing Plan.md

Key Constraints

  • Single project scope — only plan tests for artifacts within the target project.
  • Database interactions only — skip business logic that does not touch the database.
  • Oracle is the golden source — tests should capture Oracle's expected behavior for comparison against PostgreSQL.
  • No multi-connection harnessing — migrated applications are copied and renamed (e.g., MyApp.Postgres), so each instance targets one database.

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