Populate static roles in rm_role. Add role_id column to rm_entry. Migrate admins. role_name='administrator' Migrate editors. role_name='editor' Not null constraint for rm_entry.role_id. FK from rm_entry.role_id to fm_role.id. Remove rm_entry.role_name column. Create index on rm_entry.role_id. Populate the grp table from existing feed security. insert into grp (uuid) select distinct group_uuid from rm_entry_groups Populate the grp table from existing feed security (oracle). insert into grp (id, uuid) select grp_sq.nextval, group_uuid from ( select distinct group_uuid from rm_entry_groups ) g Add group_id column to rm_entry_groups. Populate rm_entry_groups.group_id. update rm_entry_groups set group_id = ( select g.id from grp g where rm_entry_groups.group_uuid = g.uuid ) Not null constraint for rm_entry_groups.group_id. FK from rm_entry_groups.group_id to grp.id. Temporarily remove foreign key from rm_entry_groups so primary key can be changed (mysql only). Remove old primary key from rm_entry_groups. Remove rm_entry_groups.group_uuid column. Add new primary key for rm_entry_groups. Re-add foreign key to rm_entry_groups (mysql only).