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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2003
Henry G. Bequet, Boulder, CO (US);
Kenneth C. Gardner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Henry G. Bequet, Boulder, CO (US);
Kenneth C. Gardner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Iteration Software, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An arrangement for archiving data in a relational database is disclosed. The arrangement includes a first table having a first data field. A value in the first data field is updated by a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) associated with the relational database when there is a change in the value in the first data field. The arrangement further includes a second table having a second data field represented by a lookup function. The lookup function references the first data field. The lookup function acquiring the value in the first data field for use as a value of the second data field only when a value of the second data field is required by an application program that operates on the relational database.