Universal database adapters
US6442541B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A set of Java Beans for facilitating data extraction from a JDBC-ODBC database in an application is disclosed. The set of beans includes a database driver manager component, DbQuery, having a plurality of properties allowing an instance of said driver manager to identify a location of said database, to define a query on said database and to store a result of said database query, DbResultSet. The driver manager also exposes an execute method for connecting to the database, executing said query and setting said database query result property, DbResultSet. Also disclosed are 4 selector beans, DbCellSelector, DbRowSelector, DbColumnSelector and DbCellRangeSelector. Each selector has a plurality of properties allowing an instance of a selector component to store a result of a database query having a given data type and to identify a sub-set of said result.
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