Exporting and importing database containers

US11275758B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Le-Huan Stefan Tran · Malsch, DE
• Jonathan Bregler · Gondelsheim, DE
• Alexander Bunte · Heidelberg, DE
• Arne Harren · Walldorf, DE
• Andreas Kellner · Birkenau, DE
• Daniel Kuntze · Bruchsal, DE
• Vladislav Leonkev · Sandhausen, DE
• Simon Lueders · Walldorf, DE
• Volker Sauermann · Dossenheim, DE
• Michael Schnaubelt · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F21/6218
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for exporting a database container from a database includes exporting database container metadata including artifact definitions in the metadata along with the actual metadata content to a database management system, exporting the database container including the database objects deployed therein to the database management system. The exporting of the database container includes exporting dependencies and structures of the database objects deployed therein, but not the actual content of the database objects. In some instances, however, exporting of the database container can include exporting the actual content of the database objects in response to user request. The method further includes packing the exported database container metadata and the exported database container in an archive. The data in the archive can be unpacked in substantially reverse order to import the database container into another database.