Patent ID: 9495441
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a table in a relational database, with the table comprising a plurality of columns with each column including a column name that describes an attribute corresponding to attribute values of the column; defining a group of columns; receiving user input; responsive to the user input, adding, by machine logic, a first column of the plurality of columns to the group; adding, by machine logic, a second column of the plurality of columns to the group based on predetermined selection criteria; and receiving an SQL (Structured Query Language) statement using group names corresponding to the group of columns to perform actions on the columns of the group; wherein the predetermined selection criteria is based upon at least one of the following characteristics of the second column: text contained in a second column name and/or the type of data stored in the second column.