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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# recreate the pickle file db-metadata-*.pkl that needs to be updated
+# after a database upgrade
+
+from base_test import fixture
+from daklib.dbconn import DBConn
+
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, __version__
+
+import pickle
+
+pickle_filename = fixture('db-metadata-%s.pkl' % __version__)
+pickle_file = open(pickle_filename, 'w')
+metadata = DBConn().db_meta
+pickle.dump(metadata, pickle_file)
+pickle.dump(metadata.ddl_listeners, pickle_file)
+pickle_file.close()
+print "File %s has been updated successfully." % pickle_filename