Patent ID: 8359296
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for use by a client in accessing data from a data source wherein the data source contains a plurality of fields, the method comprising: obtaining information regarding a plurality of distinct data values stored in a field of the plurality of fields stored in a table of the data source, the information including at least a byte size of the field and a number of distinct values stored in the field; and requesting, based at least partially on the byte size of the field and on the number of distinct values stored in the field, that a server of the data source send representations of the distinct values rather than actual distinct values, in response to queries for data from the field; wherein the requesting causes the server to enable a respective status flag of the field defined in a column status table, the column status table including a flag for each field of the plurality of fields, each flag being independently selectable.