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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Manoel Tenorio, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mohanasundaram Chinnappan, Nashua, NH (US);
i2 Technologies US, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for selectively indexing a database ( ) includes selecting a set of fields ( ) in the database ( ). The selected fields ( ) are located in one column ( ) of a table ( ) in the database ( ). The method also includes determining the total time required for reading data from the fields ( ) during a selected time period if the fields ( ) are indexed and determining the total time required for reading data from the fields ( ) during the selected time period if the fields ( ) are not indexed. The method further includes determining the total time required for writing data to the fields ( ) during the selected time period if the fields ( ) are indexed and determining the total time required for writing data to the fields ( ) during the selected time period if the fields ( ) are not indexed. In addition, the method includes evaluating the total times required for reading and writing data to the fields to determine whether the fields ( ) should be indexed.