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Foreign-key detection

US8386529B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Surajit Chaudhuri · Redmond, US
Vivek Narasayya · Redmond, US
Zhimin Chen · Zhejiang, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2010
Grant date	Feb 26, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/217
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This patent application relates to foreign-key detection. One implementation obtains a set of data tables. This implementation automatically determines foreign-key relationships of columns from separate tables of the set.

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