Apparatus and method for accessing data from a database as a file

Abstract

Apparatus and method are provided for allowing data to be operated upon by external file-based programs that are designed to work on files in a file system. The invention provides for enrolling, by a processor, access to a data object in a database for a client application by retrieving from the database a set of data describing a data object, generating a filename using the retrieved data and a file extension supplied by the client application, correlating the filename with the data object. This is followed by intercepting File I/O requests, specifying the filename, that perform actions on a file, translating the File I/O requests to Data Operations that perform actions on data in a database, performing the Data Operations on the data object, correlated with the filename, in the database.

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