Method, computer program product, and system for automatically generating a hierarchical database schema report to facilitate writing application code for accessing hierarchical databases

A computer system for automatically generating a hierarchical database schema report to facilitate writing application code for accessing a hierarchical database, said computer system comprising:

• (a) a computer;
• (b) means for accessing a database definition;
• (c) means for accessing a logical database view;
• (d) means for accessing an extended field definition;
• (e) means for accessing control statement information;
• (f) means for building an in-memory representation of selective information utilizing (b) through (c);
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• (g) means for automatically generating said hierarchical database schema report utilizing said in-memory representation wherein said hierarchical database schema report may be utilized to write said application code to access said hierarchical database without further need to use said database definition, said extended field definition, said logical database view or any combination thereof.

An article of manufacture for use in a computer system tangibly embodying computer instructions executable by said computer system to perform process steps for automatically generating a hierarchical database schema report to facilitate writing application code for accessing a hierarchical database, said process steps comprising:

• (a) accessing a database definition;
• (b) accessing a logical database view;
• (c) accessing an extended field definition;
• (d) accessing control statement information;
• (e) building an in-memory representation of selective information obtained from steps (a) through (d);
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• (f) automatically generating said hierarchical database schema report utilizing said in-memory representation wherein said hierarchical database schema report may be utilized to write said application code to access said hierarchical database without further need to use said database definition, said extended field definition, said logical database view or any combination thereof.