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Accessing a relational database over the Internet using macro language files

  • US 5,737,592 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1995
  • Issued: 04/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for executing Structured Query Language (SQL) queries in a computer-implemented relational database management system via a network, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) transmitting a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) input form to a browser executed by a client computer in the network for display on a monitor attached thereto;

    (b) receiving a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request from the browser to access the relational database, wherein the request includes data entered by the user into the HTML input form;

    (c) substituting the data entered by the user into the HTML input form into a dynamic SQL query using a common name space, wherein the common name space comprises variables found in both the dynamic SQL query and the HTML input form;

    (d) transmitting the SQL query to a relational database management system for execution;

    (e) receiving an output table from the relational database management system in response to the transmitted SQL query;

    (f) merging the output table from the relational database management system into an HTML report form; and

    (g) transmitting the HTML report form to the browser for display on the monitor attached to the client computer.

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