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Abstract default column type in tables

US10545984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Sen Zhang · 安丰镇, CN
Yinghua Ouyang · Xi'an, CN
Jian WANG · Beijing, CN
Zhen Tian · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/2393
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing a table in a database system, the table including a column having a column data type set to an abstract data type, receiving a first data record to be added to the table, the first data record including a first data value to be included in the column, determining a first data type corresponding to a data type of the first data value, changing the column data type from the abstract data type to the first data type, receiving a second data record to be added to the table, the second data record including a second data value to be including in the column, determining a second data type corresponding to the data type of the second data value, and selectively changing the column data type to the second data type.

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