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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Nicholas Todd Lawrence, Rochester, MN (US);
Randy Keith Rolfe, Rochester, MN (US);
Jason John Spieth, Rochester, MN (US);
Kathryn Rose Steinbrink, Chatfield, MN (US);
Nicholas Todd Lawrence, Rochester, MN (US);
Randy Keith Rolfe, Rochester, MN (US);
Jason John Spieth, Rochester, MN (US);
Kathryn Rose Steinbrink, Chatfield, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for handling synchronous requests from a requesting entity. Illustratively, the requesting entity is in a database management system and the requests are made to a catalog server. The catalog server is configured to respond to the requests by accessing a catalog database. An interface is provided between an application and a catalog server. The interface is configured to determine whether the catalog server is available to handle requests. If the catalog server is unavailable and if the request is a synchronous request, the interface determines whether the request may be processed asynchronously.