Patent ID: 7149759
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting conflicts in replicated data in a database network, wherein the database network includes a plurality of systems, each system including a table which includes replicated data, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a column to the table in each of the plurality of systems which indicates whether the replicated data in the table is current, wherein a replication cycle is performed after the replicated data is first updated by one of the plurality of systems and before the replicated data is subsequently updated by another of the plurality of systems, and wherein the providing step (a) further includes the steps of: (b) determining whether the replicated data in the table in one of the plurality of systems is current based on the column when a request to access the replicated data in the table is received, wherein the determining step (b) further includes the steps of: