System for modifying a database using a transaction log

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PATENT NO 5953728
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08900441

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The present invention is a computer system for modifying a database which comprises a computer that modifies records stored in a database. In the process for modifying records in the database, addresses to memory locations in a disk storage unit are accessed during the commit phase by first checking the address space in a transaction log. The computer system of the present invention operates by committing transactions without locking out readers. This is possible because any changed data in the database is reflected in the transaction log and the log must be accessed prior to reading from the disk storage unit. As a result, the user sees changed data when the log is accessed, or if data has not been changed, the log merely directs the computer to the address in the original database storage where unchanged data is stored.

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JUSTSYSTEMS EVANS RESEARCH INC5001 BAUM BOULEVARD SUITE 700 PITTSBURGH PA 15213-1854

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clamen, Stewart M Pittsburgh, PA 3 11
Horowitz, Michael L Pittsburgh, PA 13 243
McInerny, Michael J Pittsburgh, PA 13 280

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