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Apparatus and method for mapping relational data and metadata to XML

  • US 6,871,204 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2001
  • Issued: 03/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing data, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, at a database server, a relational database query to retrieve data that resides in a relational database; and

    the database server responding to the relational database query by extracting, from one or more fields within the relational database, content for one or more XML documents;

    wherein the content is stored within said one or more fields in the form of one or more data types that are natively supported by the relational database;

    wherein the content is not stored within said one or more fields in the form of XML documents within the relational database;

    constructing, within the database server, said one or more XML documents based on the content extracted from the one or more fields; and

    providing said one or more XML documents as a result of the relational database query in the form of one or more XML documents.

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