Patent ID: 6487551
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for executing a query to retrieve data from a database, the database comprising data having at least one standard data type and data having at least one non-standard data type and being stored on a data storage device connected to a server computer, the method comprising the steps of:at the server computer, retrieving data having a standard data type, a small non-standard data type, and a large non-standard data type from the database; generating an answer set comprising data having the standard data types, the small non-standard data types, and a placeholder, wherein the placeholder represents data having the large non-standard data types; transmitting the generated answer set comprising at least the placeholder to a client computer; and after transmitting the generated answer se transmitting data having the large non-standard data type represented by the placeholder in the answer set to the client computer.