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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Binayak Dutta, Pune, IN;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of searching a relational database table which includes: providing a relational database table having a plurality of rows and columns such that each of the plurality of columns has a column name descriptive of data in the each of the columns; providing a relational database management system (RDBMS) to manage access to the relational database table; providing at least one metadata tag to some of the plurality of columns wherein the metadata tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term that is assigned to the some of the plurality of columns; responsive to selecting at least one metadata tag and responsive to selecting a search string, searching by a search and join function of the RDBMS columns of the some of the plurality of columns corresponding to the at least one metadata tag in the relational database table to find data matching the search string.