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Relational database extender that supports user-defined index types and user-defined search

  • US 6,338,056 B1
  • Filed: 04/22/1999
  • Issued: 01/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for managing data, comprising:

  • a database management system, executed by a computer, for managing a database storing at least one table and an associated index that is related to search results returned by an external search engine that supports content-specific search operations against an external database, wherein the database management system interfaces to the external search engine, the database management system retrieves one or more object identifiers from the external search engine, the database management system uses the retrieved object identifiers to retrieve one or more row identifiers from the index stored in the database managed by the database management system, and the database management system uses the retrieved row identifiers to retrieve one or more rows from the table stored in the database managed by the database management system.

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