Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.

James B Pitts

Michael L Swindell

Brett Hawton

Wayne D Williams

In a method for passively relating data to metadata, associations that relate data in a first database to metadata in a second database are received, wherein an association links the data to the metadata, wherein the data is for use in a software application, and wherein the associations are created automatically without user interaction. A visual clue is displayed in a graphical interface of the software application, wherein the visual clue corresponds to a visual representation of the data, and wherein the visual clue is created based on the metadata and the associations. The metadata corresponding to the visual clue is searched for in response to detecting a user interaction with the visual clue. A first portion of the metadata related to the data is displayed.

Syndication of associations relating data and metadata

Methods and systems are disclosed improving run-time performance of a database. A development database comprising code is accessed, at a computer system. Code of the development database is tested against a data set. Data statistics are generated, at the computer system, based on performance metrics of how the development database would perform using the data set. The data statistics and at least one suggestion to implement into code of the development database to improve performance of the development database are displayed at the computer system.

Run-time performance of a database

Methods and systems are disclosed improving run-time performance of a database. A non-production database is accessed, at a computer system, during a design phase of the non-production database. Code of the non-production database is tested against a production database. Data statistics are generated, at the computer system, based on performance metrics of how the non-production database would perform as the production database. The data statistics and at least one suggestion to implement into code of the non-production database to improve performance of the non-production database are displayed at the computer system.

Methods and systems are disclosed improving run-time performance of a database. A non-production database is accessed, at a computer system, during a design phaseof the non-production database, wherein the non-production database will be converted to a production database after the design phase. Data statistics are generated, at the computer system, based on performance metrics of how the non-production database would perform as the production database. The data statistics are displayed, at the computer system, to a developer of the non-production database during the design phase. At least one suggestion is offered to the developer, at the computer system, to implement into the SQL of the non-production database to improve a performance of the non-production database.

A method for creating a product which is a single file executable by a product browser is provided. The method includes: initiating installation operations for application software on a computer system; recording the installation operations of the application software via a product browser, wherein the product browser is configured to create the product and execute the product; and creating the product based on the recording, wherein the creating structures the product with critical dynamic-link library (dll) files that will be pre-fetched by the second instance of the product browser, and wherein the product is structured with a virtualized private registry to be integrated with an operating system registry upon execution such that certain registry keys are virtualized in the virtualized private registry and other registry keys will be deferred to the operating system registry.

Creating a software product from a software application

Methods and systems for passively relating data to metadata are disclosed. Associations are created, at a first computer system, that relate data in a first database to metadata in a second database. The associations are syndicated at the computer system to a first software application associated with the data. The syndicating to cause the first software application executing at a second computer system to display a visual clue to a user in a graphical interface associated with the first software application wherein the visual clue is visually associated with a visual representation of the data. Upon detecting a user interaction with the visual clue, cause the first software application to display a first portion of the metadata in the graphical interface.

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Aptos, CA, United States of America

James B Pitts