File system interface to a database

Details File system interface to a database File system interface to a database

1997-01-31

1999-08-10

Black, Thomas G.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707102, 707200, G06F 1730

Patent

active

059374063

ABSTRACT:
Information in a database is accessed with a computer system by transforming a file system request from an application into a database query and retrieving information corresponding to the database query from the database. The retrieved information is made available to the application as a file system object, for example, as a directory, a file, a link or a collection thereof.

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