Re: [AM] Database "refactoring" effort question

"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.modeling.agile
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Scott Ambler wrote:

> At 05:03 PM 2/2/2004 -0500, J.B. wrote:
<snip />
>>  * Can we keep the old column in the database for a few months after 
>> we add "last name" and "first name"? This'll help us deal with fallout 
>> from possibly incorrectly splitting Jean van der Welde's name, or Chow 
>> Yun-Fat's.
> 
> Yes, this is something that I suggest at 
> www.agiledata.org/essays/databaseRefactoring.html.  During the 
> "deprecation period", which could be several months, you support both 
> versions of the column along with any triggers... to keep them up to date.

Great minds think alike.
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