SQL GENERATION
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1. A method of creating SQL instructions defining a process to be performed on a relational database, the method using a computing device having at least a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device, and the method comprising:
- retrieving from said memory and providing on said display device a number of operation icons each representing at least one operation to be performed on data in a relational database;
enabling a user of said computing device to select and arrange at least some of said operation icons on said display device using said input device;
enabling said user to arrange graphical links between the selected operation icons to define the order of execution of the operations represented by the selected operation icons, wherein said selected operation icons and said data icons and said graphical links together from a graphical representation of said process; and
generating, at said processor, SQL instructions for executing the operations represented by said selected operation icons, in accordance with said graphical representation of said process.
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A method of creating SQL instructions defining a process to be performed on a relational database, the method using a computing device having at least a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device, and the method including:
- retrieving from the memory and providing on the display device a number of operation icons each representing at least one operation to be performed on data in a relational database;
- enabling a user of the computing device to select and arrange at least some of the operation icons on the display device using the input device;
- enabling the user to arrange graphical links between the selected operation icons to define the order of execution of the operations represented by the selected operation icons, wherein the selected operation icons and the data icons and the graphical links together from a graphical representation of the process;
- generating, at the processor, SQL instructions for executing the operations represented by the selected operation icons, in accordance with the graphical representation of the process.
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1. A method of creating SQL instructions defining a process to be performed on a relational database, the method using a computing device having at least a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device, and the method comprising:
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retrieving from said memory and providing on said display device a number of operation icons each representing at least one operation to be performed on data in a relational database; enabling a user of said computing device to select and arrange at least some of said operation icons on said display device using said input device; enabling said user to arrange graphical links between the selected operation icons to define the order of execution of the operations represented by the selected operation icons, wherein said selected operation icons and said data icons and said graphical links together from a graphical representation of said process; and generating, at said processor, SQL instructions for executing the operations represented by said selected operation icons, in accordance with said graphical representation of said process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A programmed computer comprising at least a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device, wherein said computer is programmed to perform a method of creating SQL instructions defining a process to be performed on a relational database, the method comprising:
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retrieving from said memory and providing on said display device a number of operation icons each representing at least one operation to be performed on data in a relational database; enabling a user of said computing device to select and arrange at least some of said operation icons on said display device using said input device; enabling said user to arrange graphical links between the selected operation icons to define the order of execution of the operations represented by the selected operation icons, wherein said selected operation icons and said data icons and said graphical links together from a graphical representation of said process; and generating, at said processor, SQL instructions for executing the operations represented by said selected operation icons, in accordance with said graphical representation of said process.
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43. A computer-readable medium containing computer-readable instructions for performing a method of creating SQL instructions defining a process to be performed on a relational database, the method using a computing device having at least a processor, a memory, a display device and an input device, and the method comprising:
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retrieving from said memory and providing on said display device a number of operation icons each representing at least one operation to be performed on data in a relational database; enabling a user of said computing device to select and arrange at least some of said operation icons on said display device using said input device; enabling said user to arrange graphical links between the selected operation icons to define the order of execution of the operations represented by the selected operation icons, wherein said selected operation icons and said data icons and said graphical links together from a graphical representation of said process; and generating, at said processor, SQL instructions for executing the operations represented by said selected operation icons, in accordance with said graphical representation of said process.
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