hi. I like to make a copy of my existing database as a playgound/sandbox for developing. Is there any advise ho to achive this? Maybe there are tips how to work with it. Recommended workflows for taking a snapsot of one database and transfer it to another (including schema) and backmerging the changes on the developmnt playground. Thank you. -- Tilman Baumann Software Developer Collax GmbH . Boetzinger Straße 60 . 79111 Freiburg . Germany p: +49 (0) 761-4514-836 f: +49 (0) 761-4563-793 ****** Meet us at CeBIT ****** LinuxPark, Halle 5, Stand E64/6