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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Andrew Witkowski, Foster City, CA (US);
Gregory Dorman, Melrose, MA (US);
Fred Zemke, Foster City, CA (US);
Martin Roth, Ashland, MA (US);
Cetin Ozbutun, San Carlos, CA (US);
Andrew Witkowski, Foster City, CA (US);
Gregory Dorman, Melrose, MA (US);
Fred Zemke, Foster City, CA (US);
Martin Roth, Ashland, MA (US);
Cetin Ozbutun, San Carlos, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for performing spreadsheet-like operations in a database system is described herein. As explained, a database language is extended to introduce new clauses ('spreadsheet-like clauses'), for defining and executing spreadsheet-like operations on data contained within a RDBMS. According to one aspect of the invention, in response to receiving a database query that specifies an operation for manipulating data, data from a relational structure is retrieved and stored in a non-relational structure that can be addressed as a multi-dimensional array. The operation specified in the database query is the performed on then data.