PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING AND OPERATING TABLE

• US 20110093770A1
• Filed: 06/03/2008
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kunio Kamimura
• Original Assignee: Kunio Kamimura
• Inventors: Kamimura, Kunio
• Granted Patent: US 8,271,867 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results

Abstract

In columns of a table, a list of labels of records of a table referenced by the table as a relation is displayed. A correlational display function of the record of interest enables information on a table involving an operator to be grasped in one table. When a record of the table of the reference origin is selected, a record referenced by the selected record is highlighted. Conversely, when a record of the reference destination is selected, the record of the reference origin referencing the selected record is highlighted and the related record is displayed in the same line or in the neighborhood. The reference, addition or change of a record of the reference destination can be intuitively performed around the table of the reference origin. A new record can be added to the reference destination during the addition of a record to the table of the reference origin. Information on the table of the reference destination is allowed to be grasped and managed with only an operation focusing on one table.

Claims

1. An apparatus, which operates a relational database, comprising the following means;

(1) means for displaying a table,

(2) means for displaying (as a column of said table) a record of a table of a reference destination (where relation was set from said table), and

(3) means for highlighting (when a record of said table was selected) a record of said column that said record refers to

2. A program according to claim 1, and of further letting a computer implement the following means;

(4) means for displaying a record chosen from said table and a record (of said column) that said record refers to, on same line or the neighborhood in this table.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the following means;

(5) means for highlighting a record of said table that refers to a record chosen from said column.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising the following means;

(6) means for setting reference to a record of said column to a record chosen from said table.