Patent ID: 7617235
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of creating a domain index of a database table which is partitioned into a partitioned database table, wherein the partitioned database table comprises a plurality of table partitions, comprising: receiving an index partitioning scheme, the index partitioning scheme being definable by an internal and an external developer to the database management system; creating a domain index of the database table; partitioning the domain index into a partitioned domain index which comprises a plurality of domain index partitions based at least in part on the index partitioning scheme, wherein storing, by using a bus, an information about the plurality of domain index partitions in a tangible computer readable medium or a storage device or displaying the information on a display apparatus; and creating and populating a plurality of index entries into at least some of the plurality of domain index partitions based at least in part on the index partitioning scheme.