Patent ID: 6834287
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method allowing application programs to access a database using intermediary code that provides information associated with a schema of the database to the application proprams, the method comprising:receiving a request to the intermediary code from one of the application programs to access the database; providing to the requesting application data that includes the information associated with a schema of the database, wherein the information includes classifiers corresponding to columns and tables in the database; receiving one or more requests from the requesting application relating to transferring data between the requesting application and the database; interrogating a schema object to obtain location information for classifiers in the database that are associated with the one or more requests; providing the location information of the classifiers to the requesting application; associating data search constraints from the one or more requests of the requesting application with locations in the database; and generating a query to the database based on the search constraints.