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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Michael J. Mccormack, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott T. Gardner, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason A. Bould, Redmond, WA (US);
Sumit Chauhan, Redmond, WA (US);
David J. Conger, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert E. Coggins, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew R. Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryan Mcminn, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael J. McCormack, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott T. Gardner, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason A. Bould, Redmond, WA (US);
Sumit Chauhan, Redmond, WA (US);
David J. Conger, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert E. Coggins, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew R. Miller, Redmond, WA (US);
Ryan McMinn, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are provided for creating and reusing custom data types in a database. A selection of a field or group of fields may be received from a database table in the database by a database software application executing on a computer system. Each selected field may include a set of field properties. The application may further receive a user input to initiate saving the selected field or group of fields as a custom data type. In response to receiving the input, the application may be configured to generate a dialog for receiving custom data type information for the selected field or group of fields and save the selected field or group of fields as a custom data type. The custom data type may then be reused by the application in the database.