Patent Document ID: 7953744
Application ID: 12360935

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of automatically verifying a change to a target database, said method comprising: a computer system receiving an input file that indicates a change to a target database, wherein said input file includes a test query for said target database and a predefined output expected from executing said test query on said target database; said computer system automatically executing said test query on said target database subsequent to said receiving said input file; said computer system retrieving an actual output resulting from said automatically executing said test query; said computer system comparing said actual output with said predefined output; said computer system automatically identifying a mismatch between said actual output and said predefined output based on a result of said comparing said actual output with said predefined output; and said computer system storing an indication of a failure in a computer data storage unit, wherein said failure indicates said mismatch, and wherein said failure further indicates that said change to said target database is invalid and said change to said target database initiates a defect in an application coupled to said target database.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said receiving said input file includes receiving said input file that indicates a change to one or more meta data items that specify one or more attributes of said target database.