Patent ID: 7933935
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for loading an XML document into a selected database table partition of a partitioned database table without reading the entire XML document into a buffer, wherein selection of the database table partition requires partition key information from the XML document, the method comprising: beginning reading, from a source into the buffer, an XML document; after reading into said buffer one or more portions of the XML document that include the required partition key information for the selection of the database table partition of the partitioned database table and without reading into said buffer one or more other portions of the XML document that include other information that is not required for selection of the database table partition, performing: after storing the read part of the XML document to the selected database table partition, reading and storing a remainder of the XML document from the source to the selected database table partition, wherein the remainder includes the one or more other portions of the XML document that include the other information that is not required for selection of the database table partition, wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.