Detecting Schema-Related Logic Bugs in Relational DBMSs via Equivalent Database Construction
Summary: DDLCheck detects schema-related DBMS logic bugs via differential testing: compares results from databases built by complex DDL sequences and equivalent CREATE-only sequences. An optimized DDL exploration found 34 bugs across six DBMSs, including 29 previously unknown. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Jiansen Song (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- 2. Wensheng Dou (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing Institute of Software Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- 3. Yingying Zheng (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- 4. Yu Gao (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- 5. Ziyu Cui (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- 6. Wei Wang (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing Institute of Software Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- 7. Jun Wei (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing Institute of Software Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
BibTeX Citation
@article{song_vldb25,
title = {{Detecting Schema-Related Logic Bugs in Relational DBMSs via Equivalent Database Construction}},
author = {Song, Jiansen and Dou, Wensheng and Zheng, Yingying and Gao, Yu and Cui, Ziyu and Wang, Wei and Wei, Jun},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '25},
volume = {18},
number = {7},
pages = {2281--2294},
doi = {10.14778/3734839.3734861},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3734839.3734861},
year = {2025}
}
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| 9,869 | Simple Testing Can Expose Most Critical Transaction Bugs: Understanding and Detecting Write-Specific Serializability Violations in Database Systems | 2025 | VLDB | 5.2043672e-05 |
| 10,199 | Automated Discovery of Test Oracles for Database Management Systems Using LLMs | 2026 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
| 10,216 | DBugScribe: Automatic Database Bug Reproduction from Community Reports | 2026 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
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