Appeal No. 1997-0587
Application 08/314,644
which constitute all the claims remaining in this application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for compensating for functional differences between
heterogeneous database management systems.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of compensating for functional differences
between heterogeneous database management systems, wherein
data associated with a client is distributed among said
heterogeneous database management systems, comprising the
steps of:
(1) simulating support of multiple pending database
actions on a single connection, said single connection being a
logical link between a client and a database instance, wherein
said database instance is instantiated in any of said
heterogeneous database management systems which does not
support multiple pending database actions on a single
connection; and
(2) simulating support of cursors declared “with hold”
in any of said heterogeneous database management systems which
does not support cursors declared “with hold”.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Thompson et al. (Thompson) 4,881,166 Nov. 14, 1989
Adair et al. (Adair) 5,257,366 Oct. 26, 1993
Demers et al. (Demers) 5,278,978 Jan. 11, 1994
Claims 1-8, 10-17, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for
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