Simultaneous use of database and durable store in work flow and process flow systems
US6014673A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reliable high-speed access to a database system that stores system data in a non-volatile database, stores current data in an online database object cache, the current data reflecting at least a portion of the system data in the non-volatile database and the online database object cache providing the database system with the capability of querying and updating the current data in the online database object cache, logging each message in the database system as an entry in a durable log file, and periodically committing the current data in the online database object cache to the non-volatile database.
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