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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Robbert C. Van Der Linden, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Stefan Tobias Mayr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brain S. Vickery, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robbert C. Van Der Linden, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Stefan Tobias Mayr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brain S. Vickery, Los Gatos, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for querying a structured document stored in its native format in a database, where the structured document includes a plurality of nodes that form a hierarchical node tree, is disclosed. The method includes providing at least one child pointer in each of the plurality of nodes, where the at least one child pointer points to a corresponding child node of the plurality of nodes, and storing a hint in each of the at least one child pointers. The hint is then utilized to navigate the hierarchical node tree during query evaluation.