uThe Problem:
ØLarge number of tables in a hierarchical structure that represents an application
§Customer A has address B, confirmed by person C, with
phone D …
uThe Task:
ØCreate a full copy of the application in the same
database with new IDs
preserving all parent/child relationships.
uEnvironment:
ØSingle-column primary key
ØFK for all relationships
ØUniversal sequence for all objects
uSolution:
ØUniversal clone mechanism