Stones falling in water: When and how to restructure a view-based relational database (extended version)

  1. Domínguez, E. 1
  2. Lloret, J. 1
  3. Rubio, A.L. 2
  4. Zapata, M.A. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Libro:
CEUR Workshop Proceedings

ISBN:

Año de publicación: 2010

Volumen: 639

Páginas: 137-150

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

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Resumen

Nowadays, one of the most important problems of software engineering continues to be the maintenance of both databases and applications. It is clear that any method that can reduce the impact that database modifications produce on application programs is valuable for software engineering processes. We have proposed such a method, by means of a database evolution architecture (MeDEA) that makes use of database views. By using views, changes in the structure of the database schema can be delayed until absolutely necessary. However, some conditions oblige modifications to be made. In the present paper we present an approach to detect when the restructuring process must be realized and how to carry out this restructuring process.