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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Gopi K. Attaluri, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael J. Winer, Markham, CA;
Gopi K. Attaluri, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael J. Winer, Markham, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to a present invention embodiment, a system conducts a scan on a database object index with one or more gaps. The system generates one or more combinations of values for the gaps within an index with respect to an operation. Each combination of values is generated by scanning the index based on a combination of one or more scan values, adjusting a value for a gap based on scan results, and adjusting the scan values for a succeeding scan based on the scan results to reduce a quantity of scans. The index includes at least two database object elements. One or more scans of the index utilizing the combinations of values are conducted to retrieve data from the database and accommodate each gap in the index. Present invention embodiments further include a method and computer program product for conducting the index scan.