PCDE Migrate data solutions Practice Question
A company is migrating an Oracle database to Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL using Ora2Pg for schema conversion. After conversion, they want to test the correctness of converted stored procedures. Which tool should they use?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
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pgTAP
pgTAP is a unit testing framework for PostgreSQL that allows writing tests for functions, procedures, and other database objects.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Database Migration Service validation
Why it's wrong here
DMS provides basic data validation but not unit testing of code.
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Ora2Pg --test flag
Why it's wrong here
Ora2Pg does not have a --test flag for unit testing.
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pgTAP
Why this is correct
pgTAP is a testing framework that can validate stored procedures and functions.
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Cloud SQL Insights
Why it's wrong here
Cloud SQL Insights provides performance monitoring, not unit testing.
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