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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2004
Eric L. Barsness, Pine Island, MN (US);
Peter J. Johnson, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael P. Koranda, Rochester, MN (US);
Randy W. Ruhlow, Rochester, MN (US);
John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric L. Barsness, Pine Island, MN (US);
Peter J. Johnson, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael P. Koranda, Rochester, MN (US);
Randy W. Ruhlow, Rochester, MN (US);
John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and article of manufacture for identification of mergeable data in a data processing system and, more particularly, for providing mechanisms for facilitating identification of correlated columns from one or more database tables. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for managing storage of data having an associated measurement unit in a database table. The method includes storing the data in a column of the database table and generating units metadata describing the measurement unit. The units metadata is associated with the column of the database table.