Patent ID: 7386563

Claim:
In a Data Management System (DBMS) wherein an Enterprise Database Server operating under a Master Control Program (MCP) operates through a Data Access Module to a Windows™ client application program having a consumer's data buffer, said system holding a base table of information in a Database, a method for managing database queries for data access by managing overhead operations which no longer require access to said base table in said database, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an index structure having index files wherein each index file contains a Key and Pointer which points to a record in said base table, (a1) fetching a limited set of columns from said base table; (b) issuing a database fetch request from said index structure wherein step (b) includes the step of: (b1) retrieving column information from said index structure; (c) enabling Online Embedded Database (OLE DB) applications to access selected columns present in said index structure while eliminating the need to access said base table.