Patent ID: 8412701
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for partitioning a global index, the method executed by one or more processors configured to perform a plurality of operations, the operations comprising: accessing one or more index definitions associated with one or more tables in a relational database, the one or more index definitions identifying one or more physical index areas that indicate a location where one or more indexes associated with the one or more tables is to be stored, the one or more physical index areas comprising a standard physical index area and at least one other physical index area distinct from the standard physical index area; initializing the at least one other physical index area to form an initialized at least one other physical index area; partitioning the global index based on at least one index definition of the one or more index definitions, said partitioning comprising separating at least one index associated with the at least one index definition from the global index into at least one index dataset, the at least one index dataset comprising one or more index entries associated with the at least one index; and storing the at least one index dataset into the initialized at least one other physical index area identified in the at least one index definition.