Patent ID: 7269595
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of modifying a database, comprising the steps of: (a) unloading data values from at least one portion of an original table in a database; (b) storing said unloaded data values in substantially original format into another table located in said database; (c) modifying the at least one portion of said original table to form a modified portion; (d) reloading at least a portion of the stored data values into the at least one modified portion of the said original table; (e) deleting said another table after the stored data values are reloaded into the modified portion of said original table; wherein the at least one portion of said original table is an original column within said table of said database, and another location is a temporary column within another table in said database, wherein said another location includes a key column within said temporary column in said database, wherein said key uniquely identifies location of data values within another table.