Class hierarchy for object aggregation representation of relational database rows with cells having nontraditional datatypes

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PATENT NO 5960438
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08852062

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A program product is described in which a particularly advantageous hierarchical class library is provided to permit object oriented applications to instantiate objects to access and to manipulate, in accordance with the object model, nontraditional data values of a relational table. Nontraditional datatypes of a relational table include multimedia and large object datatypes. The data is manipulable by virtue of extended data objects that each represent a cell of a relational row, and that each inherit type-specific behaviors from the class library. The class library is advantageously structured into a hierarchy that ensures the availability of certain member functions for extended data objects.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chang, Daniel T San Jose, CA 21 1634
Hembry, Douglas M Los Gatos, CA 5 102
Soetarman, Basuki N Los Gatos, CA 15 1115
Summers, Robert N San Jose, CA 13 654

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