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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2007
Eric Lawrence Barsness, Pine Island, MN (US);
Randy William Ruhlow, Rochester, MN (US);
John Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric Lawrence Barsness, Pine Island, MN (US);
Randy William Ruhlow, Rochester, MN (US);
John Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment replace an element in a query with a backup if the element is not available, but the backup is available. An element may also be removed from the query if the element is not required. In various embodiments, the element may be a table or a user-defined function. In this way, the query may still execute even if the element is not available.