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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Gajanan S. Chinchwadkar, Fremont, CA (US);
Anupam Singh, Dublin, CA (US);
Srikanth Sampath, Fremont, CA (US);
Phil Shaw, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Gajanan S. Chinchwadkar, Fremont, CA (US);
Anupam Singh, Dublin, CA (US);
Srikanth Sampath, Fremont, CA (US);
Phil Shaw, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Sybase Inc., Dublin, CA (US);
Abstract
A database system providing methodology for execution of functions in queries requesting data from markup language documents is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for executing a function in a query requesting data from a markup language document stored in a database, the markup language document organized hierarchically into nodes, the method comprises steps of: receiving the query requesting data from the markup language document, the query including a function to be executed during execution of the query; determining nodes of the markup language document satisfying the query; deriving values of the nodes of the markup language document; and executing the function with the derived values and the nodes of the markup language document.