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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2002
Leo Tat Man Lau, Richmond Hill, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer system for transferring data from an object relational database to another such database. The data in the source database having a table type hierarchy of data tables. The system transforming data from the source database to a flat file format data transfer file using a defined tree traversal order. The columns and subcolumns of the data transfer file corresponding to types and attributes from the source database type hierarchy; The data transfer file having a type identifier column corresponding to a type in the table type hierarchy. The system permitting the inputting of the data from the data transfer file to a target database having a table type hierarchy corresponding to the table type hierarchy of the source database.