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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sap Ag, Walldorf, DE;
Frank-Martin Haas, Wiesloch, DE;
Nelson Hop Hing, Scarborough, CA;
Matthew A. Huras, Ajax, CA;
Catherine S. McArthur, Uxbridge, CA;
Sean W. McKeough, Markham, CA;
Keriley K. Romanufa, Scarborough, CA;
Torsten W. E. Ziegler, Dielheim, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are techniques for reclamation of empty pages in database tables. In response to receiving a plurality of records for insertion into a database table, the plurality of records are inserted into one or more contiguous pages. In response to at least some of the plurality of records being deleted from the database table, the one or more contiguous pages are reclaimed by: relocating any records from the plurality of records remaining in the one or more contiguous pages and releasing the one or more contiguous pages.