Patent ID: 6442572
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of automatically selecting and performing a processor-executed transaction on a database having an associated database management system, wherein a number of transactions are available to be performed by at least one processor on said database, and wherein at least one of said transactions may only be performed if corresponding requirements are fulfilled, wherein the fulfillment of said requirements depends on the prior successful termination of at least one other processor-executed transaction or on said at least one of said transactions being a first transaction, comprising the steps of:invoking at least one of said transactions; a transaction terminator in said database management system automatically determining, based on stored information related to prior successful terminations of related processor-executed transactions, whether said corresponding requirements are fulfilled; if said requirements are fulfilled, selecting and performing said transaction by said at least one processor; and after a successful termination of said transaction, automatically storing dynamic information relating to said successful termination.