System and method for ensuring referential integrity for heterogeneously scoped references in an information management system
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for preventing dangling pointers in heterogeneously scoped links, comprising the acts of:
- providing at least one heterogeneously scoped link (HSL) table in a non-RDBMS element communicating with at least one RDBMS, at least one table having a heterogeneously scoped link column, the HSL table being associated with the heterogeneously scoped link column; and
accessing the HSL table to ensure referential integrity in an RDBMS.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for an information management system (IMS) to manage heterogenous references in the system, to ensure “referential integrity”, without changing the underlying relational database management system (RDBMS) of the IMS. One or more system tables are kept that are not visible to system users. In one embodiment, the RDBMS'"'"' mechanisms to ensure referential integrity for homogenous references is used in conjunction with the system table to extend referential integrity to heterogenous references. In another embodiment, the triggers of the RDBMS, in conjunction with the system table, are used to ensure referential integrity of heterogenous references.
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6 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for preventing dangling pointers in heterogeneously scoped links, comprising the acts of:
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providing at least one heterogeneously scoped link (HSL) table in a non-RDBMS element communicating with at least one RDBMS, at least one table having a heterogeneously scoped link column, the HSL table being associated with the heterogeneously scoped link column; and accessing the HSL table to ensure referential integrity in an RDBMS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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