Rendering a Database Record in a Fixed Display Space
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDavid James Seager, Evan Garrick Jardine-Skinner
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Abstract
Rendering a database record having a plurality of fields in a fixed display space includes: with a physical processor configured to access and display the database record, allocating to each field in the database record a maximum display length having an initial value equal to a string length of the fixed display space divided by the number of fields in the database record; and displaying in the fixed display space a portion of each field in the database record such that the displayed portion of any field is no longer than the maximum display length allocated to that particular field.
Claims25
A method of rendering a database record comprising a plurality of fields in a fixed display space, said method comprising:
- with a physical processor configured to access and display said database record, allocating to each of said fields in said database record a maximum display length having an initial value equal to a string length of said fixed display space divided by a number of said fields in said database record;
- and
- displaying in said fixed display space a portion of each said field in said database record, wherein said displayed portion of any said field is no longer than said maximum display length allocated to that particular said field.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a database comprising a plurality of database records accessible to said processor;
- and
- a display device communicatively coupled to said processor;
- wherein said processor is configured to render a said database record in a fixed display space of said display device by:
- allocating to each of a plurality of fields in said database record a maximum display length having an initial value equal to a string length of said fixed display space divided by a number of said fields in said database record;
- and
- causing said display device to display in said fixed display space a portion of each said field in said database record, wherein said displayed portion of any said field is no longer than said maximum display length allocated to that particular said field.
A Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a service registry and repository database comprising a plurality of service records;
- and
- a display device communicatively coupled to said processor;
- wherein said processor is configured to render a said service record in a fixed display space of a graphical user interface displayed by said display device by:
- allocating to each of a plurality of fields in said service record a maximum display length having an initial value equal to a string length of said fixed display space divided by a number of said fields in said service record;
- and
- causing said display device to display in said fixed display space a portion of each said field in said service record, wherein said displayed portion of any said field is no longer than said maximum display length allocated to that particular said field.
A computer program product for rendering a database record comprising a plurality of fields in a fixed display space, said computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to allocate to each of said fields in said database record a maximum display length having an initial value equal to a string length of said fixed display space divided by a number of said fields in said database record;
- and
- display in said fixed display space a portion of each said field in said database record, wherein said displayed portion of any said field is no longer than said maximum display length allocated to that particular said field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.