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Retrieving data objects

  • US 9,069,830 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2011
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a processor; and

    storage coupled to the processor, wherein the storage stores a computer program, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to perform operations, the operations comprising;

    obtaining information about relationships between values in tables stored in a database;

    in response to receiving selection of a first table, displaying a hierarchical tree structure with the selected first table, columns of the selected first table that each has a selection indicator located adjacent to a column name for that column, and one or more related tables that each has a selection indicator and an expansion indicator located adjacent to a table name for that related table;

    receiving, via the hierarchical tree structure, a selection of a related table from the one or more related tables using the selection indicator for the related table, a column from the columns in the selected first table to be included as an attribute in a data object using the selection indicator for the column in the selected first table, and a column from columns in the selected related table to be included as another attribute in the data object using a selection indicator for the column in the selected related table;

    generating a statement based on the selected first table, the selected related table, the selected column in the selected first table, and the selected column in the selected related table; and

    executing the statement to create the data object having a hierarchical tree structure that indicates the relationships between the values of the selected column in the selected first table and the selected column in the selected related table.

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