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System and method for referencing a user-generated copy of a catalog

Details

Inventors: Couch, Tanya; Drummond, Catherine Elizabeth Wuebker; Hughes, Jr., Virginia Walbridge; Lai, Theresa Hsing; Lea, III, Joseph Davis; Oberstadt, David Harold;
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Greta
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kunzler & Associates

An apparatus for integrally referencing a user-generated copy of a catalog in a database system includes a memory device having thereon modules of code for execution by a processor. The modules include a database system component module configured to refer to a catalog generated by the database system; and a catalog qualifier designation module communicating with the database system component module and configured to receive a user designation of a user-specified name for a user-generated copy of the catalog generated by the database system to be referenced in place of the catalog generated by the database system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention solves the foregoing problems by providing a system, method, and article of manufacture for referencing a user-generated copy of a catalog in a database system.
In one aspect of the invention, an apparatus for referencing a user-generated copy of a catalog for a query explain program in a database system includes a processor for executing instructions and a memory device having thereon modules of operational data and executable code for execution by the processor.
In one embodiment, the modules include a database system component module configured to refer to a catalog generated by the database system.
The modules also preferably include a catalog qualifier designation module communicating with the database system component module and configured to receive a user designation of a user-specified name for a user-generated copy of the catalog generated by the database system to be referenced in place of the catalog generated by the database system.
The database system component module may be a tool for use with the catalog system, such as a query explain program for relaying information regarding the manner of execution of selected queries to a user.
In one embodiment, the database system is adapted for operation on a server and the database system component module is adapted for operation on a workstation communicating with the database system, and wherein the catalog and the user-generated copy of the catalog are stored on the server.
The catalog qualifier designation module may comprise a graphical user interface (GUI) window accessible from the database system component module.
The GUI window preferably comprises a control mechanism for receiving the user designation of a user-specified name in place of the original name of the catalog generated by the database system.
The modules may also comprise a catalog referencing module.
Preferably, the catalog referencing module is adapted to communicate with the catalog qualifier designation module, to receive the user-specified name for a user-generated copy of the catalog, and to consult the user-generated copy of the catalog for use by the database system component module

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