Pitney Bowes Software Inc.

Sagent Technology, Inc.

Sagent Technologies, Inc.

Robert E Powers

Vladimir Gorelik

Craig R Powers

Terris J Linenbach

Tana C Netsch

Sudheer Thakur

Scott Willey

David L Fenn

Stephen M Sherman

A method and apparatus for pipelined processing of data are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a user request to process data, obtaining the data from a data storage based on the user request, grouping the set of data to create a hierarchical data, and paginating the hierarchical data to create a paginated result set. The pagination begins before the grouping is completed. The method further includes transferring one or more pages of the paginated result set to a client. The transferring begins before the pagination is completed.

Method and apparatus for pipelined processing of data

A deferred transaction mechanism facilitates multi-threaded operation of database application programs. The deferred transaction mechanism allows data items to be committed from the local memory of a computer system to a database system in a background thread, while other foreground threads continue to read the data item. In most instances, this makes the delay in committing a data item to the database imperceptible to a human user of a database application program. The deferred transaction mechanism further supports an &ldquo;undo&rdquo; feature, which allows modifications to a data item located in a computer's local memory to be rapidly discarded.

Database repository with deferred transactions

A deferred transaction mechanism facilitates multi-threaded operation of database application programs. The deferred transaction mechanism allows data items to be committed from the local memory of a computer system to a database system in a background thread, while other foreground threads continue to read the data item. In most instances, this makes the delay in committing a data item to the database imperceptible to a human user of a database application program. The deferred transaction mechanism further supports an 'undo' feature, which allows modifications to a data item located in a computer's local memory to be rapidly discarded.

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Robert E Powers