Version-enabled, multi-typed, multi-targeting referential integrity relational database system and methodology

A relational database is disclosed which includes a number of target tables each exhibiting a different type, such as a general contact table, a personal contact table and a department contact table. The relational database includes a super-column which is divided into a number of columns correspond...

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Main Authors Wang, Andy I-Shin, Choy, David M, Liang, Lily L, Lin, James J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.09.2005
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Summary:A relational database is disclosed which includes a number of target tables each exhibiting a different type, such as a general contact table, a personal contact table and a department contact table. The relational database includes a super-column which is divided into a number of columns corresponding to the number of types of target tables. A respective column is allocated in the super-column for each of the types of the target tables. Valuable system memory space is consequently conserved. Multiple-typed tables and multi-targeted tables are supported, and multi-version data storage capabilities are provided.