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Relational database access system using semantically dynamic objects

  • US 7,899,810 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2007
  • Issued: 03/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hardware computer storage device with computer executable instructions for accessing a database, comprising executable instructions to:

  • present a user at a client computer with a set of business objects, wherein the business objects include familiar terms corresponding to information about the structure of the database;

    receive a plurality of selected business objects;

    generate a SQL query from the selected business objects, wherein the SQL query includes a SELECT clause and a FROM clause, wherein the selected business objects are associated with a selected context that includes a list of joins between tables that gives meaning to the selected business objects, wherein the selected context is chosen from several contexts applicable to the SQL query;

    receive a condition used to restrict the scope of values returned from the database;

    translate the condition into a WHERE clause in the SQL query;

    transmit the SQL query to the database; and

    receive a tabular result set.

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