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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2004
Petrus Kai Chung Chan, Richmond Hill, CA;
Miroslaw Adam Flasza, Pickering, CA;
Dieu Quang LA, Markham, CA;
Bruce Gilbert Lindsay, San Jose, CA (US);
William T. O'connell, Etobicoke, CA;
Petrus Kai Chung Chan, Richmond Hill, CA;
Miroslaw Adam Flasza, Pickering, CA;
Dieu Quang La, Markham, CA;
Bruce Gilbert Lindsay, San Jose, CA (US);
William T. O'Connell, Etobicoke, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a data processing system, a data processing system-implemented method and an article of manufacture for providing general user availability while integrity processing of rolled-in data is deferred and performed incrementally. The data processing system includes a data warehouse administration module for administering a data warehouse to include a table dividable into portions for containing rows of rolled-in data, a first and a second delimiter delimiting the start and the end respectively of each portion, a metadata element having an entry corresponding to the start and end delimiters delimiting each portion, a third delimiter for delimiting, between the first delimiter and the third delimiter, a sub-portion of the portion, and an operations management module having operation mechanisms for performing operations on the data warehouse responsive to the delimiters.