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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2004
Qin Yu, Belmont, CA (US);
Muralidhar Krishnaprasad, Fremont, CA (US);
Subramanian Muralidhar, Fremont, CA (US);
Thomas Chang, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Susan Kotsovolos, San Carlos, CA (US);
Qin Yu, Belmont, CA (US);
Muralidhar Krishnaprasad, Fremont, CA (US);
Subramanian Muralidhar, Fremont, CA (US);
Thomas Chang, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Susan Kotsovolos, San Carlos, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for enabling a plurality of table columns arranged to be associated with large objects (LOBs) to share a single LOB data segment within a database are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for allocating space associated with at least a first column arranged to accommodate LOB data and a second column arranged to accommodate LOB data includes allocating a first LOB data segment. The method also includes associating both the first column and the second column with the first LOB data segment.