Patent ID: 7181460
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating an aggregate of a plurality of entities stored in a relational storage structure in a database management system (DBMS), the DBMS having a plurality of predefined DBMS functions, the method comprising: with the use of one of the predefined DBMS functions, constructing an aggregate of said plurality of entities in a variable stored in a memory to provide a result, comprising computing a combination of an input entity from the plurality of entities and a value stored in the variable, wherein the value stored in the variable is a combination of at least two of the plurality of entities, to provide the result in the memory, wherein the variable and the relational storage structure are different storage structures; assigning an identifier to the result stored in the memory wherein the identifier contains information suitable for locating the result in the memory; using said one of the predefined DBMS functions to locate the result before returning the result from the memory; and returning the result from the memory.