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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Curt L. Cotner, Gilroy, CA (US);
Robert A. Begg, Scarborough, CA;
Brent P. Gross, Calgary, CA;
Paul A. Ostler, Mariposa, CA (US);
Timothy J. Vincent, Toronto, CA;
Curt L. Cotner, Gilroy, CA (US);
Robert A. Begg, Scarborough, CA;
Brent P. Gross, Calgary, CA;
Paul A. Ostler, Mariposa, CA (US);
Timothy J. Vincent, Toronto, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A database server helps to streamline the retrieval of LOB values by deciding to send a locator in replacement of the LOB value, or the LOB value itself, depending upon the specific LOB value being retrieved. A threshold value is determined in a fetch query, and the LOB sizes below that threshold are sent as values in a corresponding fetch response, and the lengths above are sent as locators in the fetch response. Indicators are inserted in a fetch parameter of the response to inform the receiving client the form of retrieval that was used for each requested LOB value being returned.