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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Hui Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Werner Daehn, Rheinland Pfalz, DE;
Mon for Yee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ajit Dash, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hui Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Werner Daehn, Rheinland Pfalz, DE;
Mon For Yee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ajit Dash, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Business Objects, S.A., Levallois-Perret, FR;
Abstract
A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to analyze sort options associated with an input table and a comparison table. It is determined whether a consistent sort can be performed by a first database associated with the input table and a second database associated with the comparison table. A first sort operation is performed on the input table at the first database and a second sort operation is performed on the comparison table at the second database when a consistent sort can be achieved. Sort operations on the input table and the comparison table are executed at a common sort engine when a consistent sort cannot be performed by the first database and the second database.