Automated generation of dynamic data entry user interface for relational database management systems
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1. Computer software for automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, said software embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon and comprising:
- utility software extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata stored in a repository;
user interface software automatically developing from the metadata a user interface appropriate to the relational database; and
software permitting addition of non-automatically-generated functionality to said developed user interface selected from the group consisting of scripts, external components, business rules, and triggers.
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Computer software for, computer apparatus for, and a method of automatically generating a user interface for a relational database comprising extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and user interface metadata, storing the metadata in a repository, and automatically developing from the metadata a user interface appropriate to the relational database.
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1. Computer software for automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, said software embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon and comprising:
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utility software extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata stored in a repository; user interface software automatically developing from the metadata a user interface appropriate to the relational database; and software permitting addition of non-automatically-generated functionality to said developed user interface selected from the group consisting of scripts, external components, business rules, and triggers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Computer apparatus for automatically generating a user interface for a relational database, said apparatus comprising:
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means embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon for extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata; repository means for containing said metadata; means embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon for automatically developing from the metadata a user interface appropriate to the relational database; and means embodied in a computer readable medium having a set of computer instructions encoded thereon permitting addition of non-automatically-generated functionality to said developed user interface selected from the group consisting of scripts, external components, business rules, and triggers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of automatically generating a graphical user interface for a relational database, the method comprising the steps of:
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extracting schema information from the relational database and automatically generating corresponding schema and graphical user interface metadata; storing the metadata in a repository; automatically developing from the metadata a user interface appropriate to the relational database; and adding non-automatically-generated functionality to the developed user interface selected from the group consisting of scripts, external components, business rules, and triggers. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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