Managing results of federated searches across heterogeneous datastores with a federated result set cursor object
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1. A method of executing one or more commands in a computer to perform a datastore operation at a computer, the method comprising the steps of:
- locating data in one or more heterogeneous datastores;
setting a cursor to the located data in each heterogeneous datastore; and
returning a federated result set cursor object, said federated result set cursor object aggregating the cursors to the located data.
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A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for managing results of federated searches across heterogeneous datastores with a federated result set cursor object. One or more commands are executed in a computer to perform a datastore operation at a computer. Data is located in one or more datastores. A cursor is set to the located data in each datastore. A set of cursors to the located data is returned.
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1. A method of executing one or more commands in a computer to perform a datastore operation at a computer, the method comprising the steps of:
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locating data in one or more heterogeneous datastores;
setting a cursor to the located data in each heterogeneous datastore; and
returning a federated result set cursor object, said federated result set cursor object aggregating the cursors to the located data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for executing one or more commands in a computer, comprising:
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a computer having a datastore; and
one or more computer programs, performed by the computer, for locating data in one or more heterogeneous datastores, setting a cursor to the located data in each heterogeneous datastore, and returning a federated result set cursor object, said federated result set cursor object aggregating the cursors to the located data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for executing one or more commands to perform a datastore operation at the computer, the method comprising the steps of:
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locating data in one or more heterogeneous datastores;
setting a cursor to the located data in each heterogeneous datastore; and
returning a federated result set cursor object, said federated result set cursor object aggregating the cursors to the located data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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