Patent ID: 7089249

Claim:
A database processing method used in a database system arranged in a client-server manner, comprising the steps of: performing a first process, responsive to a request of a program being executed at a client, of enabling a database server operating at a server to transfer Large Object (LOB) data, which has been processed on a database, from said database to a common storage device which is shared between said client and said server, said common storage device being separated from said client and said server through a network, and being other than a storage device to which said database is stored, and enabling said database server operating at said server to respond to said request by transmitting identifying information, which identifies a particular storage area of said common storage device to which said LOB data is stored, to said program; and performing a second process enabling said program being executed at said client to refer to said particular storage area of said common storage device for said LOB data, based on said identifying information including a processed result of said LOB data, to retrieve the transferred LOB data from said storage area of said common storage device into said program, wherein said common storage device stores said LOB data transferred to said common storage device by said database server for subsequent retrieval by said program and outputs said LOB data in response to a retrieval request from said program.