giorgio wrote in post #968193:
> Thanks for that idea Marnen,
>
> I will take a look at Foreigner..
>
> I think I would still have problems importing one database into the
> other ...
> Say I import "Clients" and all the ids get updated I would need to
> update all the client_id values on say the adresses table.... but the
> addresses table may not be imported yet so would not cascade update.
>
> I think you are saying - Change all the primary keys on one of the
> databases first and then do the merge and the keys will be in mutually
> exclusive ranges..

Right.

> I guess I would then possibly need to reset the sequences on the DB..

Yes.

>
> Whichever way I look has drawbacks!
>

How is resetting the sequences a big drawback?  It's easy and you'll 
only need to do it once per DB.

> Cheers
> George

Best,
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