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Online access to database snapshots

US8793288B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22References

11Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Henrik Hempelmann · Havelberg, DE
Torsten Strahl · Kleinmachnow, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2009
Grant date	Jul 29, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/2477
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An executing database instance includes a first plurality of database pages associated with a previous state of the database instance, a cache storing a current converter of the executing database instance, the current converter not representing the first plurality of database pages, and a database management system. The database management system is to receive a request for access to the first plurality of database pages, and perform a database task using one or more of the first plurality of database pages while the database instance is executing.

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