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Co-transformations in Database Applications Evolution

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Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering (GTTSE 2005)

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The paper adresses the problem of consistency preservation in data intensive applications evolution. When the database structure evolves, the application programs must be changed to interface with the new schema. The latter modification can prove very complex, error prone and time consuming. We describe a comprehensive transformation/generative approach according to which automated program transformation can be derived from schema transformation. The proposal is illustrated in the particular context of database reengineering, for which a specific methodology and a prototype tool are presented. Some results of two case studies are described.

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  1. Laboratory of Database Applications Engineering, University of Namur, Belgium, 21 rue Grandgagnage, 5000, Namur

    Anthony Cleve & Jean-Luc Hainaut

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  1. Fachbereich 4, Institut für Informatik, B127, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstraße 1, 56070, Koblenz, Germany

    Ralf Lämmel

  2. Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

    João Saraiva

  3. Software Improvement Group, A.J., Ernststraat 595-H, 1082 LD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Joost Visser

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Cleve, A., Hainaut, JL. (2006). Co-transformations in Database Applications Evolution. In: Lämmel, R., Saraiva, J., Visser, J. (eds) Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering. GTTSE 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4143. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11877028_17

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