System and method for database save and restore using self-pointers
US6115721A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for saving and restoring RAM-resident databases. Each structure within a database image written to storage includes a self-relative pointer to its actual location in RAM upon being written to disk and may include one or more memory-to-memory pointers to other structures within the database. Upon the database disk image being reloaded to RAM from storage, the self-relative pointers are used to reconstruct the memory-to-memory pointers.
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