Apparatus and method for storage of object collections in a data

Details Apparatus and method for storage of object collections in a data Apparatus and method for storage of object collections in a data

1997-10-31

2000-05-09

Lintz, Paul R.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 2, 707 3, 707 4, 707 5, 707100, 707205, G06F 1730

Patent

active

060616903

ABSTRACT:
The present invention pertains to an apparatus and process for storing information object collections in a database. Examples of such object collections are nested tables and variable length arrays. In an embodiment, the invention provides mechanisms and methods for storing nested tables in either a base table of a database, or an index-organized table. In one embodiment, mechanisms and methods are provided for storing variable length arrays into a table column, as a large object ("LOB"), or as an index-organized table. The invention also provides methods and mechanisms for accessing data from these storage mediums.

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