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Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2011
Applicants:

Kedar Doshi, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sonali Agrawal, San Calros, CA (US);

Simon Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);

Chaitanya Bhatt, Fremont, CA (US);

Sandip Ghosh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gary Baker, San Francisco, CA (US);

Walter Macklem, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kedar Doshi, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sonali Agrawal, San Calros, CA (US);

Simon Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);

Chaitanya Bhatt, Fremont, CA (US);

Sandip Ghosh, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gary Baker, San Francisco, CA (US);

Walter Macklem, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30194 (2013.01); G06F 17/301 (2013.01); G06F 17/30082 (2013.01); G06F 17/30091 (2013.01); G06F 17/30156 (2013.01); G06F 17/30165 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for using a database to access content stored outside of the database. These mechanisms and methods for using a database to access content stored outside of the database can enable embodiments to provide a database system which can be used to access content when the content is incapable of being stored in the database system, or is otherwise not stored in the database system. The ability of embodiments to provide access to such data via the database system can improve the usability of the database system.


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