Techniques for efficiently storing and querying in a relational database, XML documents conforming to schemas that contain cyclic constructs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7523131
APP PUB NO 20060179068A1
SERIAL NO

11056312

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To associate XML data objects (“child objects”), stored in rows of relational or object-relational tables, with the appropriate XML data objects (“parent objects”) from which the child objects descend, tables that contain child objects (“out-of-line” tables) are constructed with an additional column. In one embodiment, this column stores values that identify the root objects, in the appropriate table, from which the respective child objects descend. Hence, the root object from which any given object descends is traceable by following the respective value back to the corresponding root object. In one embodiment, this column stores values that identify the complete XML hierarchical path, through multiple tables, back to the root object from which the respective child objects descend. Consequently, XML query language queries against XML documents stored in such tables can be rewritten as SQL queries against the data in the tables, even in the presence of cyclic constructs.

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  • ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agarwal, Nipun Santa Clara , US 310 5233
Agrawal, Abhyudaya San Francisco , US 8 107
Angrish, Rohan Redwood City , US 15 370
Arora, Vikas San Francisco , US 44 1410
Kotsovolos, Susan M San Carlos , US 7 595
Krishnaprasad, Muralidhar Fremont , US 107 6158
Liu, Zhen Hua San Mateo , US 116 2706
Manikutty, Anand Foster City , US 20 1507
Murthy, Ravi Fremont , US 129 4647
Warner, James W Mountain View , US 19 985
Zhang, Hui Fremont , US 899 8264

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