Patent ID: 7096216
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of performing an operation on a set of entities in a database, comprising: receiving a request that identifies a set of objects and a property of the entities to be operated on; identifying at least one table and a column in a relational database that correspond to the property to be operated, on wherein identifying comprises accessing mapping information that represents mapping between entities stored in the relational database and said at least one table and column that contain data associated with the entities, and wherein identifying still further comprises obtaining, from the mapping information, a location for each of said at least one table and column; and operating on the data of the identified column within the relational database corresponding to the set of entities as a function of the request; wherein operating comprises generating a relational database request identifying said at least one table and a column that contain data associated with the property to be operated on, and wherein operating further comprises providing the relational database request to the relational database.