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Optimized fetching for customization object attributes

US8171054B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2007
Grant dateMay 1, 2012
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/289
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An attribute of a hierarchical class-based object is received. The attribute in a database is stored both in a first location in a first table at a first level of a hierarchy of database tables which table hierarchy is based at least in part on a class hierarchy associated with the hierarchical class-based object and in a second location in a second table at a second level of the table hierarchy which second level is higher than the first level.

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