Dynamic restructuring of databases with generation data structures

  • Authors:
  • Rob Gerritsen;Howard L. Morgan

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Decision Sciences, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Department of Decision Sciences, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • ACM '76 Proceedings of the 1976 annual conference
  • Year:
  • 1976

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Abstract

Most logical database restructuring schemes require a complete pass through the database for reformatting. Our approach is to leave the database in situ and to permit a mixture (several generations) of structures to co-exist. Each generation of structure is described in a Generation Data Structure Schema, which has a generic structure of its own. A Restructuring Data Definition Language is proposed for describing the evolution from one schema to the next. Steps toward implementation are discussed.