Patent ID: 9471617
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for validating database metadata, comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, a database metadata version that includes a transformation clause and a confirmation key word; identifying, by the at least one processor, the transformation clause; determining, by the at least one processor, the transformation clause converts data in a column of a database from one type to another and the conversion may cause a loss of data; and determining, by the at least one processor, whether the transformation clause includes an error based at least in part on the confirmation key word, wherein if the error is determined, modifying, by the at least one processor, the transformation clause in the database metadata version to indicate there is an error in response to determining the transformation clause converts data from one type to another and the conversion may cause the loss of data, wherein the modifying comprises inserting a comment into the database metadata version that specifies the error in the transformation clause.