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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Yen-fu Chen, Austin, TX (US);
John H. Bosma, Cedar Park, TX (US);
John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US);
Venkatesan Ramamorthy, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mei Yang Selvage, Pocatello, ID (US);
Yen-Fu Chen, Austin, TX (US);
John H. Bosma, Cedar Park, TX (US);
John W. Dunsmoir, Round Rock, TX (US);
Venkatesan Ramamorthy, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mei Yang Selvage, Pocatello, ID (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for preventing user-input text strings of illegal lengths from being submitted to a database where, for each character in the string, a character length is determined in quantities of digital units of storage according to an encoding schema, the character lengths are accumulated into a total string length, also measured in digital units of storage, and the total string length is compared to one or more database input field requirements such as non-null and maximum length specifications. If a limit is not met, the system and method are suitable disposed in a manner to block or prevent submission of the user-input string to the database. The invention can alternatively be realized as a plug-in for database front-end application programs, as a stand-alone web services provider, or as a plug-in for a client-side database access program such as a web browser.