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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Marcus F. Fontoura, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Neumann, Gilroy, CA (US);
Sridhar Rajagopalan, Oakland, CA (US);
Eugene J. Shekita, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Yeong Zien, San Jose, CA (US);
Marcus F. Fontoura, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Neumann, Gilroy, CA (US);
Sridhar Rajagopalan, Oakland, CA (US);
Eugene J. Shekita, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Yeong Zien, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a technique for indexing data. A token is received. It is determined whether a data field associated with the token is a fixed width. When the data field is a fixed width, the token is designated as one for which fixed width sort is to be performed. When the data field is a variable length, the token is designated as one for which a variable width sort is to be performed.