Patent · US Active

Flexible tables

US9031976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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1References

9Claims

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Thomas Seufert · Oftersheim, DE
Michael Rudolf · Ittigen, CH
Marcus Paradies · Walldorf, DE
Christof Bornhoevd · Belmont, US
Thomas Mueller · Cambridge, GB
Daniel Buchmann · Karlsruhe, DE
Karl Fuerst · Wiesloch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2012
Grant date	May 12, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/245
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system includes reception of an instruction to access a column of a database table, determination that the column is not associated with the schema of the database table, determination of whether the schema of the database table is flexible or static, returning, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is static, of an error in response to the instruction, and, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is flexible, not returning an error in response to the instruction.

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