Patent ID: 7885927
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising a processor and a computer readable memory unit coupled to the processor, said memory unit containing computer code that when executed by the processor implement a method for transferring table instances X 1 , X 2 , . . . , X N of a table T from a source database S to destination databases D 1 , D 2 , . . . , D N , respectively, said N being at least 1, said method comprising for I=1, 2, . . . , N: determining whether the table T has been defined for destination database D transferring the instance X wherein the method further comprises prior to said determining whether the table T has been defined for destination database D wherein said determining whether the table T has been defined for destination database D wherein said performing the destination database query on the destination database D wherein said determining metadata comprises performing a second database query on the source database S, resulting in returning the metadata from the source database S.