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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2024
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Zhen Hua Liu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Douglas James Mcmahon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ying Lu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua Spiegel, St. Louis, MO (US);
Hui Zhang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jose Luis Valera Lizarraga, Zapopan, MX;
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Comparison and sorting of data stored according to a flexible schema data type is disclosed. A data object is accessed, the data object stored according to a set of one or more datatypes, wherein the set comprises a flexible schema datatype and data in the data object pertains to a plurality of domains. Data within the data object is translated to a sortable intermediate format that is configured to allow local ordering among elements in the respective plurality of domains while allowing global ordering among the plurality of domains based on a pre-selected convention. The translated data is stored in a storage system accessible by a database management system (DBMS). Structured query language (SQL) operations are performed on the stored translated data.