Method of operating a computer program using database schema and related language dictionaries
US5659738A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/45508
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of operating a computer program comprised of encoding a description of each view and field of a database into a database schema loading the database schema onto a switching platform during commissioning thereof preparing language dictionaries storing phrases representing all legal data values within the database, including view and field names loading said dictionaries onto the switching platform each time the switching platform is rebooted, loading the schema and related language dictionaries into a RAM used by a processor of the switching platform, and using a standard database program language as an interpreter of the meta-data within the database schema.
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