Patent ID: 7730478
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving developed applications at a multi-tenant on-demand database service; and providing access to the applications to tenants of the on-demand database service; wherein the applications are under the control of the on-demand database service; wherein a single instance of each application is instantiated among a plurality of the tenants of the on-demand database service; wherein a plurality of aspects of the applications are limited by the on-demand database service; wherein the plurality of aspects of the applications that are limited includes a number of electronic mail messages and at least eight of the following: an amount of resources made available to the applications, a number of columns of a database, a number of queries to the database, a number of rows returned by the queries, a number of database statements, a number of script statements between the database statements, a number of rows processed, a number of transaction statements, a total number of uncommitted rows since a last transaction control statement, and a total number of script statements since a last database call; wherein access to the applications is controlled using the on-demand database service by disallowing publication of the applications to the on-demand database service in response to the determination that the applications violate the predetermined policies.