Method, system, and program for a join operation on a multi-column table and satellite tables including duplicate values

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6374235
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09344731

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Disclosed is a method, system, and program for performing a join operation on a multi-column table and at least two satellite tables having a join condition. Each satellite table is comprised of multiple rows and at least one join column. The multi-column table is comprised of multiple rows and at least one column corresponding to the join column in each satellite table. A join operation is performed on the rows of the satellite tables to generate concatenated rows of the satellite tables. One of the concatenated rows is joined to the multi-column table and a returned entry from the multi-column table is received. A determination is then made as to whether the returned entry matches the search criteria. If so, a determination is made as to whether one of the satellite tables has duplicates of values in the join column of the returned matching entry or the multi-column table has duplicate entries in the join columns. Returned matching entries are generated for each duplicate value in the satellite tables and duplicate entry in the multi-column table.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Stephen Yao Ching Saratoga, CA 4 219
Malone, Patrick Michael San Jose, CA 1 122
Mukai, Jerry San Jose, CA 16 558
Ruggles, Jeffrey Ralph San Jose, CA 5 144
Sampatrai, Desai Paramesh San Jose, CA 3 189
Wang, Yun Saratoga, CA 444 6534
Zhang, Guogen San Jose, CA 56 1334

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