DATABASE MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS, DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

摘要

Provided is a database management server apparatus that can maintain the consistency of updates and prevent blocking other update requests in an update process. A server apparatus 3 of a database management system 1 has a function of nondestructively updating databases in response to an update request from a client apparatus 2 to manage generation-management databases. A main storage unit 4 stores entities of a plurality of databases for each version of the databases, and a version creating unit 5 creates a new version of the databases in response to an update request from a client apparatus. A request accepting unit 11 accepts an update request for a next version regardless of whether the new version is being created. An acceptance management unit 13 starts a period for accepting the update request for the next version in response to the update request and ends the period for accepting after a predetermined time. A version creating unit 5 creates the next version based on the update request accepted in the period for accepting.