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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2024
Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Fanghaenel, Oakland, CA (US);
Kaushal Mittal, Mountain House, CA (US);
David Gershuni, Carmel, IN (US);
Sanjib Ghosh, El Segundo, CA (US);
Mikhail Lychagin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed that pertain to upgrading a database application. A computer system may determine to upgrade a database application from a current version associated with a first instance of a database catalog that defines the structure of a database that is managed by that database application. The first instance is associated with a first catalog signature that is indicative of the first instance of the database catalog. The computer system generates a second catalog signature that is indicative of a second instance of the database catalog that is associated with the different version. The computer system compares the first catalog signature and the second catalog signature to determine whether the database catalog changes between the current and different versions. Based on the comparing, the computer system then selects one of multiple upgrade processes performable to upgrade the database application to the different version and performs the selected upgrade process.