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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More qw/no_plan/;
+use Test::Exception;
+use FindBin qw/$Bin/;
+
+use SQL::Translator;
+
+# Producing a schema with a Translator different from the one the schema was
+# generated should just work. After all the $schema object is just data.
+
+
+my $base_file = "$Bin/data/xml/schema.xml";
+my $base_t = SQL::Translator->new;
+$base_t->$_ (1) for qw/add_drop_table no_comments/;
+
+# create a base schema attached to $base_t
+my $base_schema = $base_t->translate (
+ parser => 'XML',
+ file => $base_file,
+) or die $base_t->error;
+
+# now create a new translator and try to feed it the same schema
+my $new_t = SQL::Translator->new;
+$new_t->$_ (1) for qw/add_drop_table no_comments/;
+
+my $sql = $new_t->translate (
+ data => $base_schema,
+ producer => 'SQLite'
+);
+
+like (
+ $sql,
+ qr/^\s*CREATE TABLE/m, #assume there is at least one create table statement
+ "Received some meaningful output from the producer",
+);