Method and system for database application software creation requiring minimal programming
US6016394A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/451
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for computer-assisted database management software creation of a target software application from a description known as a dictionary interoperating with a universal software application. The dictionary contents customize the universal application into the target software application created from a high-level dialog between an application designer and a graphical application editor. The application editor provides an environment for editing and creating custom applications and automatically creates security partitioning of responsibilities and users, hierarchical menu structures, groupings of database data elements into efficient sets, database transactions and database partitioning without requiring programming in SQL language by an application designer. The computer stores the dictionary in a database for accessing by the universal application. The dictionary customizes the re-usable universal application for interaction with relational databases such as Oracle.RTM., IBM.RTM. DB2, and Sybase.RTM..
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