Method and apparatus for import, transform and export of data
US6356901B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user specifies source data, optional transformations and defines a destination database, as well as its location. The user specification creates a package. A package consists of steps of associated tasks, with each step optionally having one or more precedence constraints. Execution of the package causes a data pump to import the user-specified data, conform the data in accordance with the user's definition of the destination database and export the data to that database. Processing occurs on a streaming, contiguous basis. As each row is pulled from source database into data pump, the user-defined transform is optionally applied and data lineage information is bound to the data.
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