Patent ID: 6701326
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A relational database in which requisite input items and quasi-requisite input items have been defined;a first determination unit for determining, in response to application of a store command, whether element data of a requisite input item has been entered; a storage unit for storing, in the relational database, element data of a record containing a requisite input item for which said first determination unit has determined that element data has been entered; a second determination unit for determining whether element data has not been stored for a quasi-requisite input item of the relational database; an alerting unit which, in response to a determination by said second determination unit that element data has not been stored, is for giving notification to this effect; and a controller for limiting access to the relational database in dependence upon the fact that the quasi-requisite input item is vacant for a certain period of time following storage of element data in the relational database.