Method for transferring data into database systems
AssigneeTeradata US, Inc.
InventorBruce Wayne Britton
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Abstract
A method, computer program, and computer network are disclosed for transferring data to a database system. The method includes preparing a plurality of input records, each including a plurality of fields and a selector configurable to represent a plurality of states. For each input record of the plurality of input records, the following steps are performed. A state represented by the selector for an input record is read. Based on the state represented by the selector, a subset of the fields for the input record is transferred to the database system.
Claims8
A computer network for maintaining corresponding data on a client and a relational database management system server, comprising:
- a client computer storing a plurality of input records, each including a plurality of fields and a selector configurable to represent a plurality of states;
- a database system, including
- one or more nodes;
- a plurality of CPUs, each of the one or more nodes providing access to one or more CPUs;
- a plurality of virtual processes, each of the one or more CPUs providing access to one or more virtual processes;
- each virtual process configured to manage data, including rows organized in tables, stored in one of a plurality of data-storage facilities;
- and
- a transfer agent coupled to the client computer and the database system and configured to:
- (a) for each input record of the plurality of input records, perform steps (b) and (c);
- (b) read a state represented by the selector for an input record;
- and
- (c) based on the state represented by the selector, transfer a subset of the fields for the input record from the client computer to the database system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.