Management of non-persistent data in a persistent database

A computerized system comprising:

• a relational database containing persistent data;
• a database engine for maintaining the relational database;
• and
• a database application program interface (API) having extensions for adding an entry containing non-persistent data to the relational database;
• wherein the database engine integrates the non-persistent data into the relational database with the persistent data while the database exists in memory of a computer and wherein the database engine ignores the non-persistent data in the relational database when writing the relational database to a computer readable medium so that an original state of the persistent data is preserved.

A computerized system comprising:

• a relational database containing persistent data;
• a means for maintaining the relational database;
• a means for adding an entry containing non-persistent data to the relational database;
• and
• a means for identifying the entry containing non-persistent data;
• wherein the means for maintaining the relational database integrates the non-persistent data into the relational database with the persistent data while the database exists in memory of a computer and wherein the means for maintaining the relational database removes the non-persistent data identified by the means for identifying when writing the relational database to a computer readable medium so that an original state of the persistent data is preserved.

A method of managing the run-time state of a computer, the method comprising:

• creating a plurality of integrated entries in a persistent installation database, the integrated entries representing a run-time state of a computer;
• identifying each one of the integrated entries as an entry containing non-persistent data;
• and
• ignoring the entries containing non-persistent data when writing the database to storage.

A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for causing a computer to perform a method of managing integrated non-persistent data in a persistent database, the method comprising:

• creating an integrated entry in a persistent database;
• identifying the integrated entry as an entry containing non-persistent data;
• and
• ignoring the integrated entry prior to saving the persistent database to a computer readable medium to preserve the original state of the persistent database.

A computerized system comprising:

• a database engine for managing a relational database containing persistent data;
• an interface for specifying temporary data to be integrated into the relational database;
• and
• a module that modifies the database with the temporary data and identifies the temporary data as non-persistent data such that the non-persistent data is ignored when writing the database to permanent storage.

A database stored on a computer readable medium comprising:

• a plurality of rows and columns of persistent data;
• at least one entry of non-persistent data wherein the entry is a row or a column;
• and
• an indicator identifying the non-persistent data so that when writing the database to storage the non-persistent data is ignored.

A computerized method of managing non-persistent data in a relational database, the method comprising:

• creating an entry in the relational database, the relational database being adapted to contain persistent data;
• identifying the entry as an entry containing non-persistent data;
• wherein the non-persistent data is integrated with any persistent data in the relational database;
• and
• ignoring the non-persistent data when writing the database to storage.

A computerized system comprising:

• a relational database containing persistent data;
• a database engine for maintaining the relational database;
• wherein the database engine integrates the non-persistent data into the relational database with the persistent data;
• and
• ignoring the non-persistent data when writing the database to storage.

A database stored on a computer-readable medium comprising:

• a plurality of rows and columns of persistent data;
• at least one entry of non-persistent data wherein the entry is a row or a column;
• wherein the non-persistent data is integrated with the persistent data;
• and
• wherein the non-persistent data is ignored when writing the database to storage.