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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Yun Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fen-ling Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Yao-ching Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mengchu Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Alexander CU, San Jose, CA (US);
Allan Benjamin Lebovitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Li-mey Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Guogen Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yun Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fen-Ling Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Yao-Ching Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mengchu Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Alexander Cu, San Jose, CA (US);
Allan Benjamin Lebovitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Li-Mey Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Guogen Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is method for processing an aggregate function. Rows that contain a reference to intermediate result structures are grouped to form groups. For each group, aggregate element structures are formed from the intermediate result structures and, if the aggregate function specifies ordering, the aggregate element structures are sorted based on a sort key.