After-state database testing

Most of modern applications use database to store data and retrieve them when necessary. This research proposes After-State Database Testing, a testing framework that aims to reveal data that are inconsistent with the business rules and system specifications of a database application. Inconsistent data can be used to reveal potential faults in the system. This framework defines a structured model to enable systematic extraction of consistency rules and an algorithm to automatically generate consistency rules based on existing data using data mining approach. Better testing will lead to better software quality.