System for maintaining the integrity of application data

A method for operating a database system to maintain integrity of data that is stored in said database system, comprising the step of:

• storing in a memory base data objects and associated integrity constraints;
• storing in a memory, in a read only form and absent integrity constraints, a set of view data objects that comprise said base data objects only reformatted into a view corresponding to a need of an application;
• identifying, in response to a request to modify data that is stored in said database, a base data object that is the target of said request to modify data;
• and
• performing a data integrity check on said identified base data object using said associated integrity constraints.

A database system for maintaining integrity of data that is stored in said database system, comprising:

• base data object memory means for storing base data objects and associated integrity constraints;
• view data object memory means for storing, in a read only form and absent integrity constraints, a set of view data objects that comprise said base data objects only reformatted into a view corresponding to a need of an application;
• means, responsive to receipt of a request to modify data that is stored in said database, for generating a transaction indicative of said receipt of a request to modify data;
• means, responsive to said transaction, for identifying a base data object that is the target of said request to modify data;
• database server means for performing a data integrity check on said identified base data object using said associated integrity constraints;
• database server means for modifying said identified base data object pursuant to said received request.