Claims
- 1. A computerized software installation and installation validation system comprising:a database engine module for maintaining a product database and a validation database, said validation database having a custom action table, said custom action table having a plurality of action columns and an action row; and an installation engine module operative to merge the product database and the validation database into a merged table set and to read an action value from the action column of the action row within the custom action table of the merged table set and causing an action specified by the action value to be performed by a computer.
- 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the table set is written to a persistent database.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to the following applications, all of which were filed on the same day and assigned to the same assignee as the present application:
“Use of Relational Databases for Software Installation”—nonprovisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09158,125, and “Method and System for Restoring a Computer to Its Original State”—nonprovisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/158,124.
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