Patent ID: 7240059
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a parallel-processing based database management system comprising a plurality of interconnected processing nodes, a method for configuring a system for processing queries, the method comprising: distributing software to each processing node of a first subset of the plurality of processing nodes; distributing a master node configuration file to at least one processing node of the first subset designated as the master node of a first global-results processing matrix; distributing a slave node configuration file to each processing node of the first subset designated as the slave node of the first global-results processing matrix; manipulating, by the software and master node configuration file, the designated master node to operate as the master node of the first global-results processing matrix; manipulating, by the software and slave node configuration file, each of the designated slave nodes to operate as the slave node of the first global-results processing matrix; receiving a query in a query-based language source code and compiling at least one executable from the query source code; executing, by the first global-results processing matrix, the compiled at least one executable to process the query; and completing the execution to process the query.