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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:44:00 +0200
From: Ruud de Koter <nobody@internet.org>
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Subject: Re: dropping a column in a production database
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yossarian wrote:
> gazzag wrote:
> 
>> Presumably you can try this on a test system before applying it to
>> production?
> 
> Of course I did it. The new version of the application works fine on the
> test system. I also tried to EXP and IMP the table and I didn't
> encountered any problem. What other tests do you suggest?

Any interfaces/links to other (database) systems?

hth

Ruud.