TiDB to PostgreSQL Integration

How Datrise loads TiDB into PostgreSQL

Datrise syncs TiDB's tables, rows, schemas, indexes, regions, and TiCDC change events into PostgreSQL as a typed table per source entity. Flexible or custom fields land in jsonb columns, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as timestamptz.

Sync is incremental: Datrise uses a watermark on each entity's updated-at, applied with INSERT … ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE, so re-runs update only what changed. Optional declarative range partitioning by load date for high-volume tables. PostgreSQL folds unquoted identifiers to lowercase, so Datrise normalizes mixed-case source fields to snake_case.

Ideal for operational analytics and application backends that need fresh, queryable copies of your data.

Endpoints

TiDB: MySQL-compatible HTAP database with row and column stores.

PostgreSQL: Open-source relational database with strong SQL and extensions.

How TiDB entities map to PostgreSQL

TiDB entity	PostgreSQL object	Notes
tables	`tidb_tables`	id PK · custom fields → jsonb columns
rows	`tidb_rows`	id PK · linked to tidb_tables
schemas	`tidb_schemas`	id PK · linked to tidb_tables
indexes	`tidb_indexes`	id PK · linked to tidb_tables

FAQ

How does Datrise handle TiDB's custom fields in PostgreSQL?

Flexible values are stored as jsonb columns, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native PostgreSQL types.

How does the TiDB to PostgreSQL sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses a watermark on each entity's updated-at, applied with INSERT … ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE.

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