Patent №
US 5,758,337
Granted
1998-05-26
Filed 1996
Owner
MICROSOFT
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08689352
A system for creating database partial replicas is provided where the referential integrity of the original database is maintained in the partial replica. Filters are specified to allow a user to select, using boolean logic, which rows of the original database are to be propagated to the partial replica. A row containing the primary key corresponding to a foreign key of a row propagated to the partial replica is also propagated to the partial replica. Also, a filter may be specified to include rows that are part of a relationship between multiple record sources. The result is a partial replica database containing only those records desired by the user but also all the records necessary to maintain the referential integrity of the original database.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT
assignment · 80890245
Assignors
HAMMOND, BRADLEY MARK
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