Database management system using offsets in entries with at least one varying-length column
US7133885B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99954
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture, implementing the method, for operating a database management system stores information in at least one entry. Each entry is associated with a row. At least one entry comprises one or more columns. At least one of the columns has a varying length. At least one entry comprises an offset array having one or more offsets associated with the columns having the varying length. In another aspect of the invention, a column extraction table is built and used, with the offset array, to access a specified column of an entry. Alternately, code is generated to access a specified column based on the offset array of an entry. In yet another aspect of the invention, a comparison table is built and used, with the offset array, to compare subsets of the entries.
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