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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Goetz Graefe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Rodger Nickels Kline, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707202 ; 707-2 ; 707200 ; 707201 ; 707203 ; 707204 ; 707205 ;
Abstract
A method for preventing Halloween problem conflicts when updating records in a database system is disclosed. According to the method, in response to an update query, possible update plans are generated, and the most efficient one of the possible update plans is selected. Records in the database are thereafter processed in accordance with the selected update plan such that the records are free from Halloween problem conflicts.