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Selectively switching memory access permission for manipulating data in a database

US5895467A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1997
Grant dateApr 20, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99939
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Routines for manipulating data in a database are performed by a database server by determining whether or not a database manipulation routine is to be isolated from a specified range of memory, and, in response, selectively switching memory access permission to the specified range of memory (e.g., from read/write to read-only) for the database manipulation routine under consideration. The database manipulation routine is then executed using the selectively switched memory access permission. A database manipulation routine that is to be isolated can be executed with read-only memory access thereby protecting the specified range of memory (e.g., corresponding to core data structures) from improper modification.

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