34. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the source data is migrated from one version of the database to another.
1. An automated computer-implemented method for migrating source data from at least one source to at least one destination table of a database having a schema without a user having to write computer code, the method comprising the steps of: defining patterns which describe format and content of the source data; applying the patterns to the source data to create transformed data; associating migration rules based on the schema with the patterns to generate a set of instructions that define migration paths; and loading the transformed data in a sequence into the at least one destination table based on the set of instructions, the at least one destination table having a defined format and destination fields, wherein the step of loading is automatically sequenced based on the migration rules so that referential integrity is maintained.