METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING ACCESS TO DEVELOPED APPLICATIONS VIA A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE

• US 20100205595A1
• Filed: 04/19/2010
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Weissman, Craig
• Granted Patent: US 9,171,034 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3604 Software analysis for verifying properties of programs byte-code verification G06F9/44589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for allowing access to developed applications via a multi-tenant on-demand database service, in a controlled environment. These mechanisms and methods for providing such access can enable embodiments to provide additional control over the development process as well as the access of such developed applications. The ability of embodiments to provide such additional control may lead to an improved application development framework, etc.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving developed applications at a multi-tenant on-demand database service; and

providing access to the applications to tenants of the on-demand database service;

wherein the applications are under the control of the on-demand database service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one aspect of the applications is limited by the on-demand database service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes an amount of resources made available to the applications.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the resources include at least one of storage resources, processing resources, and bandwidth resources.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of columns of a database.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of queries to a database.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of number of rows returned by queries.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of database statements.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of script statements between database statements.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of number of rows processed.

11. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a number of transaction statements.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a total number of uncommitted rows since a last transaction control statement.

13. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one aspect of the applications that is limited includes a total number of script statements since a last database call.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein a development of the applications is controlled.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the applications are controlled by a requirement of the on-demand database service that the applications be tested.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the applications are controlled by a requirement of the on-demand database service that the applications be validated.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein access to the applications by the tenants of the on-demand database service is controlled.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein a single instance of each application is instantiated among a plurality of the tenants of the on-demand database service.

19. The method of claim 1, and further comprising compiling the applications.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the compiled applications are capable of being processed by a run-time interpreter of the on-demand database service.