Patent ID: 11966399
Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1, wherein data for the second column resides in a plurality of sections, wherein each section of the plurality of sections is associated with a different dictionary of a plurality of dictionaries, wherein the temporary buffer is a first temporary buffer, wherein the multiple rows are stored in a first section of the plurality of sections, wherein the method further comprising:
generating a second temporary buffer that is different than the first temporary buffer and that comprises a second plurality of slots;
for each row of second multiple rows in a second section, of the database object, that is different than the first section:
identifying a third key value that associated with a third value in the first column of said each row;
identifying a fourth key value that associated with a fourth value in the second column of said each row;
identifying a particular slot in the second temporary buffer based on the third key value and the fourth key value;
determining whether to update the particular slot in the second temporary buffer based on the fourth key value and any key values already in the particular slot;

wherein responding to the database statement is also performed based on the second temporary buffer.