Abstract: An improved method for consistent updates of redundant data in a database is achieved advantageously by providing a dependency model identifying source fields and respective derived fields. The model having the necessary information for dependent data to be identified and calculated on a change of respective source data according to some predetermined rules. Further, by recording changes, i.e., modifications to data involved in a redundancy, and propagating changes including cascaded changes directed to the derived fields using the rules defied in said dependency model. Advantageously, the dependency model is stored as a database table (2) and the changes are recorded in a change table in the database. The step of recording changes is separated from the step of propagating changes to derived fields in order to improve performance.