Publication activation service

One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable components comprising:

• a signal component for receiving an indication of an update to a data file associated with a database;
• a population component for creating an index based on the updated data file;
• a validation component for validating the updated data file and the index created by the propagation component;
• a detach component for removing, from the database server instance, database files associated with the database;
• a propagation component for replacing the database files removed by the detach component with the updated data file validated by the validation component and the index created by the population component;
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• an attach component for associating the updated data file and the index with the database-server instance in place of the database files removed by the detach component to update the database.

A system comprising:

• means for receiving an indication of an update to a data file associated with one or more of a plurality of databases;
• means for creating indexes based on the updated data file;
• means for identifying the one or more of the plurality of databases based on the received indication;
• means for detaching each of the identified one or more of the plurality of databases from a database server instance associated therewith;
• means for copying the updated data file and the created indexes to each of the detached one or more of the plurality of databases to update each of the detached one or more of the plurality of databases;
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• means for attaching each of the updated one or more of the plurality of databases to the database server instance associated therewith.