How to migrate data from a Firebird database to PostGreSQL on Linux

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Published on 2009-05-10T12:15:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 15:51 UTC
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Are there any good tools to migrate existing firebird databases to PostgreSQL for Linux systems?

I've looked at: FBexport which can be used to dump the data as insert statements, but it's mainly written to export/import from one firebird db to another, not as a migration tool.

There's also: Firebird to PostgreSQL Win32 tool, but it's only for win32 systems.

Is there any good tool to do this? Or should I just roll my own?

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