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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Hasso Plattner, Schriesheim, DE;
Jens Krueger, Oranienburg, DE;
Martin Grund, Berlin, DE;
Alexander Zeier, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Hasso Plattner, Schriesheim, DE;
Jens Krueger, Oranienburg, DE;
Martin Grund, Berlin, DE;
Alexander Zeier, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Hasso-Plattner-Institut fur Softwaresytemtechnik GmbH, Potsdam, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for operating a database comprising the step of updating a binary status of a tuple in the database. The binary status field either contains a null value or a time stamp. The update can be done in-place or by using an insert-only approach.