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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2008
Peter Alan Carlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jun Fang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Peter Alan Carlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Srinivasmurthy P. Acharya, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jun Fang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that group atomic scalar values recognized by a database such as columns into sets (e.g., column sets). A grouping component associated with the SQL server creates a logical representation for column groupings, which are accessible by a single I/O and can be co-located (e.g., substantially close or compact) in terms of storage location. Interesting column sets (e.g., non-null) can also be selected for a data representation thereof as a single entity to other applications.