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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Leslie A. Cranston, Toronto, CA;
Matthew A. Huras, Ajax, CA;
Bruce G. Lindsay, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy R. Malkemus, Round Rock, TX (US);
Catherine S. Mcarthur, Uxbridge, CA;
Sriram K. Padmanabhan, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Michael J. Winer, Markham, CA;
Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Leslie A. Cranston, Toronto, CA;
Matthew A. Huras, Ajax, CA;
Bruce G. Lindsay, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy R. Malkemus, Round Rock, TX (US);
Catherine S. McArthur, Uxbridge, CA;
Sriram K. Padmanabhan, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Michael J. Winer, Markham, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An information retrieval system and method are provided for minimizing the number of blocks searched in a cell before recording a new record in the table and determining which block can be assigned if a table has space available to store a new record in the case an additional block should be associated with a cell. Dimensions for a table are identified, and at least one block in the table is associated with a dimension value for each dimension, where each block comprises contiguous storage pages. The block can be further associated with a cell; this associated cell has a unique combination of dimension values comprising an dimension value for each of the dimensions. A unique associated bit list for each dimension value for each dimension has a unique corresponding list entry for each block associated with that dimension value, and a unique associated bit list for each cell has a unique corresponding list entry for each block associated with that cell.