Patent ID: 7853619

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for allocating space associated with at least one table of a computing system, the at least one table having at least a first column arranged to accommodate large object (LOB) data and a second column arranged to accommodate LOB data, the at least one table being arranged within a database, the method comprising: allocating a first LOB data segment associated with the at least one table, wherein the first LOB data segment is arranged within the database; associating the first column with the first LOB data segment; after the associating the first column with the first LOB data segment, when a size of a first LOB is greater than a first threshold size, storing the first LOB, associated with the first column, in the first LOB data segment at a first location; associating the second column with the first LOB data segment; and after the associating the second column with the first LOB data segment, when a size of a second LOB is greater than a second threshold size, storing the second LOB, associated with the second column, in the first LOB data segment at a second location subsequent to the first location, wherein the second LOB is different from the first LOB.