Merge multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to 1 Redshift table

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Transfer data from multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to a single Redshift table

Login to PostgreSQL and Redshift -> Select source PostgreSQL tables -> Set the target Redshift table -> Copy PostgreSQL data to Redshift

Choose source PostgreSQL database and logon.

convert PostgreSQL data to Redshift data - Choose PostgreSQL and logon

Choose target Redshift database and logon.

convert PostgreSQL data to Redshift data - Choose Redshift and logon

Click “Convert Similar Tables” at task dialog.

Import data from multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to 1 Redshift table - Task Window

then show the wizard.

1. Select similar PostgreSQL tables.

Convert data from multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to 1 Redshift table - open query results

2. Select a destination Redshift table and config fields.

Combine multiple similar PostgreSQL tables data to a single Redshift table - select table

3. Preview data.

Migrage data from multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to 1 Redshift table - preview

4. Import data from multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to a single Redshift table.

Merge multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to a single Redshift table - import


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See also:

PostgreSQL → Redshift reference

Type mapping

Value kindin PostgreSQLin Redshift
Long texttextvarchar(max)
Binarybytea(none)
JSONjsonbsuper

Dialect differences

Both PostgreSQL and Redshift are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Propertyin PostgreSQLin Redshift
port54325439
datestimestamp, timestamptz, date, timetimestamp, date
long textTEXTVARCHAR(MAX)
binaryBYTEA—

Command line

SideCommand
PostgreSQLpg_dump or COPY ... TO
RedshiftUNLOAD to S3
Redshift (load)COPY from S3
PostgreSQL (load)COPY ... FROM

No counterpart

  • PostgreSQL values of kind Binary have nowhere to go in Redshift.

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