Name
Abstract | ||
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Effective design and testing of database engines and applications is predicated on the ability to easily construct alternative scenarios with regard to the database contents. A limiting factor, however, is that the time and/or space overheads incurred in creating and maintaining these databases may render it infeasible to model the desired scenarios. In this paper, we present CODD, a lucid graphical tool that attempts to alleviate these difficulties through the construction of "dataless databases". Specifically, CODD implements a unified visual interface through which databases with the desired meta-data characteristics can be efficiently simulated without persistently generating and/or storing their contents. Metadata validation is incorporated to ensure that the simulated database is both legal and consistent. CODD is currently operational on a rich suite of popular database engines, and introduces two additional facets of relevance to test teams: First, it supports a cost-based database scaling model, in addition to the size-based scaling models that have long been in vogue. Second, it provides for largely automated meta-data transfer across different engines, facilitating the comparative study of systems. We showcase here the ability of CODD to elegantly simulate a variety of testing scenarios ranging from legacy applications to Big Data environments. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1145/2304510.2304516 | DBTest |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
big data environment,database engine,size-based scaling model,meta-data characteristic,simulated database,dataless databases,meta-data transfer,cost-based database,database content,popular database engine,data transfer,relational databases,relational database,limiting factor | Metadata,Relational database,Database model,Computer science,Database testing,Relational model,Hierarchical database model,Big data,Legacy system,Database | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 6 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Rakshit S. Trivedi | 1 | 130 | 9.53 |
| I. Nilavalagan | 2 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Jayant R. Haritsa | 3 | 2004 | 228.38 |