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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;

Inventors:

Sen Zhang, Xi'an, CN;

Yinghua Ouyang, Xi'an, CN;

Jian Wang, Xi'an, CN;

Zhen Tian, Xi'an, DE;

Assignee:

SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/258 (2019.01); G06F 16/221 (2019.01); G06F 16/214 (2019.01); G06F 16/235 (2019.01); G06F 16/2393 (2019.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing a table in a database system, the table including a column having a column data type set to an abstract data type, receiving a first data record to be added to the table, the first data record including a first data value to be included in the column, determining a first data type corresponding to a data type of the first data value, changing the column data type from the abstract data type to the first data type, receiving a second data record to be added to the table, the second data record including a second data value to be including in the column, determining a second data type corresponding to the data type of the second data value, and selectively changing the column data type to the second data type.


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