Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-07-09
1999-02-09
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
395683, G06F 1730
Patent
active
058707476
ABSTRACT:
Generalized key indexes enable a first table of a relational database to be indexed using an index key and index conditions, wherein either or both of the index key and index conditions may reference multiple tables of the database or may be an expression using fields of one or more tables other than the first table. The generalized key indexes directly associate generalized index key values with record identifiers of records of the first table, thus enabling efficient storage and data retrieval.
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Black Thomas G.
Informix Software, Inc.
Rones Charles L.
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