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Method allowing validation in a production database of new entered data prior to their release

  • US 8,131,692 B2
  • Filed: 02/18/2009
  • Issued: 03/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of ensuring an integrity of a plurality of updates brought in real-time to a production database concurrently used by one or more software applications, the production database including a plurality of products participating to a definition of objects, the method comprising steps of:

  • requesting an issuance of a unique filing number associated to a draft state version of the plurality of updates keeping invisible to end-users of the production database, the plurality of updates;

    in the production database, creating or copying from the production database, a set of product items identified as a whole by the unique filing number and gathered under a form of a meta-product on which the plurality of updates is applied;

    in the production database, updating the meta-product on which the plurality of updates has been applied;

    when updating of the meta-product is complete, in the production database, successively setting into a customizable flow of one or more validation states the meta-product in order to perform a cross-validation of the plurality of updates, wherein the customizable flow of one or more validation states allows returning the meta-product to the draft state when cross-validation of the plurality of updates fail, each validation state qualifying actions are performed on the meta-product identified by the filing number, the validation state is a field stored in association with the filing number in a specific table;

    when validation of the meta-product is complete, setting into a production state the uniquely identified meta-product which becomes immediately visible and useable by the end-users of the one or more software applications;

    wherein said creating or copying step, said updating step, said validation step, and said setting step are each perform while the production database is concurrently accessed by the end-users; and

    wherein said meta-product cannot be accessed by the end-users during said creating or copying step, said updating step, and said validation step.

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