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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Kumar Rajamani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Susan Kotsovolos, Belmont, CA (US);
Russell J. Green, San Carlos, CA (US);
Rajagopalan Govindarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Jaebock Lee, Foster City, CA (US);
Ho Chak Hung, Foster City, CA (US);
Guhan Viswanathan, Union City, CA (US);
Kumar Rajamani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Susan Kotsovolos, Belmont, CA (US);
Russell J. Green, San Carlos, CA (US);
Rajagopalan Govindarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Jaebock Lee, Foster City, CA (US);
Ho Chak Hung, Foster City, CA (US);
Guhan Viswanathan, Union City, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for updating databases are disclosed. An update vector for an object is created for identifying updated attributes. A dependent object is identified and a dependency vector of the dependent object is compared with update vector to determine whether the dependent object depends on the updated attributes.