Model---Driven, View---Based Evolution of Relational Databases

  • Authors:
  • Eladio Domínguez;Jorge Lloret;Ángel L. Rubio;María A. Zapata

  • Affiliations:
  • Dpto. de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas Facultad de Ciencias Edificio de Matemáticas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain 50009;Dpto. de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas Facultad de Ciencias Edificio de Matemáticas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain 50009;Dpto. de Matemáticas y Computación. Edificio Vives., Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain 26004;Dpto. de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas Facultad de Ciencias Edificio de Matemáticas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain 50009

  • Venue:
  • DEXA '08 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Among other issues, database evolution includes the necessity of propagating the changes inside and between abstraction levels. There exist several mechanisms in order to carry out propagations from one level to another, that are distinguished on the basis of when and how the changes are performed. The strict mechanism, which implies the immediate realization of modifications, is a time---consuming process. In this paper we propose a solution that is closer to the lazy and logical mechanisms, in which changes are delayed or not finally realized, respectively. This solution makes use of the notion of view. The use of views allows the data not to be changed if it is not necessary and facilitates carrying out changes when required.