METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERICALLY AND TRANSPARENTLY EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING A QUERY
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May 30, 2002
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Aug 13, 1999
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Aug 13, 1999
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The invention relates to an apparatus and method of genericallly and transparently expanding and contracting a query comprising the steps of: receiving a first query comprising one or more search values, obtaining a second query by a first processing of the first query, executing the second query in a database, receiving a first result comprising one or more rows with instances of data from the database on the basis of the second query, and providing a second result by a second processing of the first result, wherein the first processing is done by expanding the first query according to one or more query functions, the second processing is done by contracting the first result, and in that the method further comprises the step of calculating an overall score for one or more query functions according to a second function. The invention also relates to a computer-readable medium and a computer program element comprising computer program code means adapted to perform the method
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