Patent ID: 7562357
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an installation file for a particular version of a relational database, the method comprising: given a database system of a particular version, the particular version being unknown prior to execution of the method, determining the particular version of the relational database wherein metadata exists that describes a sequence of multiple versions of the relational database where each version is an upgrade from a previous version, and the particular version is not a first version in the sequence; automatically determining a first set of scripts, the first set of scripts comprising data definition language (DDL) scripts associated with implementing the particular version of the relational database, wherein the first set of scripts are selected from a plurality of scripts, one or more of the plurality of scripts being not associated with implementing the particular version; the automatically determining a first set of scripts comprising: automatically determining a second set of scripts, the second set of scripts comprising data manipulation language (DML) scripts associated with implementing the particular version of the relational database, wherein the second set of scripts are selected from a plurality of scripts, one or more of the plurality of scripts being not associated with implementing the particular version; the automatically determining a second set of scripts comprising: generating an installation file comprising a set theory union of the first set of scripts and the second set of scripts.