Method and mechanism for implementing and accessing virtual database table structures

The present invention is directed to a method and mechanism for encoding multiple virtual tables into one or more source tables. An aspect of the invention is directed to the access of a virtual table virtual table without requiring separate entries for the virtual table in the meta-data of a databa...

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Hauptverfasser: GUZMAN RAYMOND, KUNDU JOYDIP, KULKARNI GOUTAM D
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention is directed to a method and mechanism for encoding multiple virtual tables into one or more source tables. An aspect of the invention is directed to the access of a virtual table virtual table without requiring separate entries for the virtual table in the meta-data of a database system. Another aspect of the invention is directed to a virtual table that has different column signatures than its underlying source table(s).