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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ambler, Scott W., 1966-
 Refactoring databases : evolutionary database design / Scott W. Ambler and Pramod J. Sadalage.
    p. cm.
 Includes index.
 ISBN 0-321-29353-3 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Database design. 2.  Computer software—Development. 3.
Evolutionary programming (Computer science)  I. Sadalage, Pramod J. II. Title.
 QA76.9.D26A52 2006
 005.74—dc22
                                  2005031959

Copyright © 2006 Scott W. Ambler and Pramodkumar J. Sadalage

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