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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jason Michael Gartner, Richmond Hill, CA;
Ronald James Pomeroy, North York, CA;
Assignee:
International Business Machines, Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A system and method for testing a database system which includes external file references to files stored on a remote file system. A control table within the database management system which enables controlled but random access to files on the remote file system that are accessed through external file references. A tool within the remote file system maintains the control table and creates, deletes and exercises the test files within the external file system. Triggers on base tables within the database management system are used to maintain the integrity of the control table.