International Business Machines Corporation

Stephen Yao Ching Chen

Yun Yu Wang

Desai Paramesh Sampatrai

Curt Lee Cotner

Guogen Zhang

Gerald George Kiernan

Fen-Ling Lin

Julie Ann Watts

Walid Rjaibi

Kalpana Shyam

Jerry Mukai

Timothy Jon Vincent

Claire Willey McFeely

Jeffrey Ralph Ruggles

Peter Hoa

Irene Ching-Hua Liu

Patrick Michael Malone

William Y Kyu

Jerry Wayne Goldsmith

Access to a data element stored within a database object is controlled. A request is received from a user to perform an operation in relation to the database object, the operation including retrieval of information from the data element of the database object. Prior to retrieving information from the data element, a determination is made whether at least a portion of the information from the data element is subject to masking in accordance with an access policy. In response to determining that information from the data element is subject to masking, the request is modified to require that information from the data element be retrieved in a masked condition.

Masking sensitive data of table columns retrieved from a database

Provided is a method, system, and program for performing a cursor operation. A result table is generated including rows corresponding to a subset of rows in a base table having data in one or more columns that satisfy a query predicate clause. A command is received to perform a cursor operation with respect to a subject row in the result table. A lock is obtained on a row in the base table corresponding to the subject row in the result table. An operation specified in the received command is performed with respect to the subject row after obtaining the lock. The lock on the row in the base table is released after performing the operation.

Method, system, and program for optimistic concurrency control for scrollable cursors in a database

Disclosed is a system, method, and program for performing a join operation on a multi-column table and at least two satellite tables having a join condition. Each satellite table is comprised of multiple rows and at least one join column. Each multi-column table is comprised of multiple rows and at least one column corresponding to the join column in each satellite table. A join operation is performed on the rows of the satellite tables to generate a first join result comprising concatenations of the rows of the satellite tables. Less than all the concatenated rows in the first join result that satisfy the join condition are then selected. The selected concatenated rows in the first join result are then joined to the multi-column table.

Method, system, and program for performing a join operation on a multi column table and satellite tables

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for performing a join operation on a multi-column table and at least two satellite tables having a join condition. Each satellite table is comprised of multiple rows and at least one join column. The multi-column table is comprised of multiple rows and at least one column corresponding to the join column in each satellite table. A join operation is performed on the rows of the satellite tables to generate concatenated rows of the satellite tables. One of the concatenated rows is joined to the multi-column table and a returned entry from the multi-column table is received. A determination is then made as to whether the returned entry matches the search criteria. If so, a determination is made as to whether one of the satellite tables has duplicates of values in the join column of the returned matching entry or the multi-column table has duplicate entries in the join columns. Returned matching entries are generated for each duplicate value in the satellite tables and duplicate entry in the multi-column table.

Method, system, and program for a join operation on a multi-column table and satellite tables including duplicate values

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