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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2001
Ashish Thusoo, Belmont, CA (US);
Bhaskar Ghosh, Burlingame, CA (US);
Harmeek Bedi, Foster City, CA (US);
Ashish Thusoo, Belmont, CA (US);
Bhaskar Ghosh, Burlingame, CA (US);
Harmeek Bedi, Foster City, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides the ability to alternatively update or insert a row into a table. This functionality is accomplished by merging a source table with a destination table such that the rows in the combined table are classified as an update row or an insert row. An identifier is inserted into each row to indicate its class. Examination of the identifier allows the row to be correctly inserted into the destination table or correctly updated in the destination table.