Method and apparatus for online definition of database descriptors
CA 1191616 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Putzolu, Gianfranco R.; Traiger, Irving L.; Haderle, Donald J.
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A computing system is characterized by a database management system which provides method and apparatus for online definition of data descriptors while maintaining the availability of data and data descriptors not impacted by a concurrent definitional process. Under the control of the database management system of the invention, the domain effected by the definitional process is determined, transactions which reference descriptors within the domain effected by the definitional process are marked for rebinding prior-to-, commit access by transactions which have not been prebound to objects within the domain effected by the definitional process is inhibited, and thereafter all accesses to …
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- Granted August 6, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 6, 2002.
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