Reverse-byte indexing
US5956705A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99932
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for inserting sorted data into an indexed table is provided. Two or more nodes are used to insert the data into the indexed table. Before an entry for each inserted row is stored in the index associated with the table, the key values in the index entry are transformed using an operation that affects the order of the key values. For example, the order of the bytes used to represent the key values in the index entry may be reversed. The index entries are stored in the portion of the index that corresponds to the transformed key values. As a result, the entries for consecutive key values will not necessarily be stored in the same portion of the index. Consequently, the nodes will not have to compete for a "hot" portion of an index if the nodes are inserting data with key values that fall into the same approximate range. The inverse of the transformation operation is performed on the transformed key values read from the index before the key values are supplied to the user.
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