Database heap management system with variable page size and fixed instruction set address resolution

A system for resolving addresses of a row of information stored in a network database, wherein the network database is comprised of a plurality of tables of information, each table containing rows of a data element and pointers to previous and successor rows in the table, the system comprising:

• a central processing unit and solid state memory accessible by the central processing unit;
• a plurality of pages
• each page storing rows of data elements and having a maximum page size and;
• at least one of the pages being in memory space discontiguous from the other pages storing the same type of data elements;
• a page table comprising:
• a plurality of page numbers and
• a memory address for the beginning memory location of the page associated with each page number;
• an indicator of a maximum number of rows allocated in the first page of solid state memory, and
• an indicator of the width of each row in the table;
• means for receiving a target row number;
• software for calculating the beginning memory location of the page containing the target row of information from the following inputs:
• the page table;
• the target row number,
• the indicator of the maximum number of rows allocated in the first page, and
• the indicator of the width of each row in the table;
• wherein the means for calculating includes the execution of a fixed number of computer instructions regardless of the values of the inputs.