Real-time database upload with real-time column mapping

A database upload processing program for use in a computer system in which databases having various formats and data organization are uploaded from a peripheral computer to a server computer for storage in a centralized database having a fixed format and data organization, the upload processing program including:

• means for receiving a database information profile from the peripheral computer, said database information profile containing information related to the format and data organization of the database to be uploaded;
• means for performing a test upload of the database information profile and the database;
• means for providing test upload feedback to the peripheral computer;
• means for uploading the database information profile and the database to the server computer;
• means for parsing data within the uploaded database;
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• means for manipulating and mapping the parsed data into corresponding predetermined columns within the centralized database, said parsed data being organized according to the fixed format and data organization of the centralized database.