Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-07-11
1999-01-12
Lintz, Paul R.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
395683, 3951851, 345335, G06F 1730
Patent
active
058600728
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for transporting IDL-defined data structures to and from a format convenient for transport between two computers are disclosed. The data structures is originally described in a string. The string description is converted to a different format containing additional information about the alignment and size of the data structure. An application in the sending computer removes the alignment from the data structure and stores the data structure in a buffer. The data structure is stored in the output buffer in a predetermined format that is based upon the type of the data structure. The buffer is then transmitted to a data file or to the memory of the receiving computer. The receiving computer extracts the data structure from the buffer based upon the predetermined format. The data structure is realigned and stored in the memory of the second computer.
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Lintz Paul R.
Rones Charles L.
Tandem Computers Incorporated
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