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+--
+-- database_schema_12-13.sql
+--
+-- Version: $Revision$
+--
+-- Date:    $Date$
+--
+-- Copyright (c) 2002, Hewlett-Packard Company and Massachusetts
+-- Institute of Technology.  All rights reserved.
+-- 
+-- Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+-- modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+-- met:
+-- 
+-- - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+-- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+-- 
+-- - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+-- notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+-- documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+-- 
+-- - Neither the name of the Hewlett-Packard Company nor the name of the
+-- Massachusetts Institute of Technology nor the names of their
+-- contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+-- this software without specific prior written permission.
+-- 
+-- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+-- ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+-- LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+-- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+-- HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+-- INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+-- BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+-- OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+-- ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
+-- TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
+-- USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
+-- DAMAGE.
+
+--
+-- SQL commands to upgrade the database schema of a live DSpace 1.2 or 1.2.x
+-- to the DSpace 1.3 database schema
+-- 
+-- DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. 
+-- DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. 
+-- DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. DUMP YOUR DATABASE FIRST. 
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE epersongroup2workspaceitem_seq;
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- create the new EPersonGroup2WorkspaceItem table
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+CREATE TABLE epersongroup2workspaceitem 
+(
+  id integer DEFAULT nextval('epersongroup2workspaceitem_seq'),
+  eperson_group_id integer,
+  workspace_item_id integer,
+  CONSTRAINT epersongroup2item_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
+);
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