Patent ID: 8793267
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: storing, within database objects managed by a database system, data files contained in a directory of folders, each folder of said directory of folders containing at least one data file of said data files; in said database, storing metadata that defines plurality of constraints, wherein for each folder of said directory of folders, the plurality of constraints includes a physical constraint that specifies that storage of any data file in said each folder is restricted to at least one specified database object of said database objects; wherein for at least two of said directory of folders, a first folder includes a first data file that is restricted by a first physical constraint of said plurality of constraints to a first database object specified by said first physical constraint and a second folder includes a second data file that is restricted by a second physical constraint of said plurality of constraints to a second database object specified by said second physical constraint; wherein the first database object is different than the second database object; receiving, at the database system, a query that complies with a query language; in response to receiving said query: