Hi

I am in need of the following features in SchemaUpdate tool.

1. When a field is dropped from a class, corrresponding column needs to be dropped from the table. (I dont need the previous data either)
2. When a data type of a field in the class is changed I want the datatype of the corresponding column to be changed and the previous data to be transformed to the new datatype.
3. When a field is renamed, rename the corresponding column.

Please let me know if anything is already slated for a future release(I am using 3.1). If not I would like to contribute. Also, please let me know if any of the above violates any O-R mapping "concepts".

Thanks in Advance.
pras.

#1: not everyone things data should be removed
#2 & #3 ...don't know how you would detect this without having the old mapping model loaded to compare with the new one...

but in general nothing of this is planned because it requires *alot* of validation and need to be optional, but contributions are welcome.

You are right that my requirement is a specific one. We are using hibernate dynamic classes in a RAD kind to tool.In the application development environment I do not need the previous data and also the previous version of the schema is available for me. Thanks for the reply.