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Fast technique for recovering an index on an auxiliary table

US6470359B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1999
Grant dateOct 22, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99953
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer implemented index recovery system An auxiliary index is recovered in a database stored on a data storage device connected to a computer. An identifier is maintained in each entry of a space map that identifies a large object to which the page associated with that entry is allocated. An indicator is maintained in the entry of the space map indicating whether the page associated with that entry is the first page allocated to the large object. The identifier and the indicator in each entry of the space map are used to build the auxiliary index for locating each large object.

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