Re: Proving an Upgrade is Possible

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 12:47:23 GMT
Message-ID: <vphoe.110356$B%6.6460478_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>

Kenneth Downs wrote:
> I would love to be able to determine with certainty if a certain operation
> can be validated before it is performed. This is the operation of changing
> the state of a database by an upgrade.

An upgrade of what? The database? The schema of the database? The DBMS software? What are you talking about here? And what on earth is a "meta-state"?

Jan Hidders

Received on Sat Jun 04 2005 - 14:47:23 CEST

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