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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Arthur Vargas Lopes, San Diego, CA (US);
Chi-ping Bess Cheong, Escondido, CA (US);
Arthur Vargas Lopes, San Diego, CA (US);
Chi-ping Bess Cheong, Escondido, CA (US);
Teradata US, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program, and computer network are disclosed for organizing values of multiple alternative equality conditions between a database column and a set of values. The method includes applying a function to each value to obtain a result for each value. The values are organized into groups where each group includes values with the same result. The values are stored according to the groups. A computer program or database system executes queries that include multiple alternative equality conditions between a database column and a set of values. The database system also includes an optimizer that is configured to apply a function to each value to obtain a result for each value. The values are organized into groups where each group includes values with the same result. The values are stored according to the groups.