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IMPLEMENTING FORMULAS FOR CUSTOM FIELDS IN AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE

  • US 20100332447A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2010
  • Published: 12/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of updating a result of a formula stored in a database system, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request to compute an updated result of a first formula, wherein the first formula operates on input data stored in one or more tables of the database system to obtain the updated result;

    submitting a query to at least one database of the database system, wherein the query includes a set of criteria;

    analyzing results of the query to determine whether the set of criteria are satisfied;

    updating the first formula synchronously to obtain the updated result when the criteria are satisfied; and

    updating the first formula asynchronously to obtain the updated result when the criteria are not satisfied.

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