Robert W. Lyle

Method and apparatus for efficiently recovering from a failure in a database that includes unlogged objects

Technique for inplace reorganization of a LOB table space

System and method for selective partition locking

Using an epoch number to optimize access with rowid columns and direct row access

Computer program product for avoiding complete index tree traversals in sequential and almost sequential index probes

Method and apparatus for insuring database data integrity without data recovery logging

Efficient technique to defer large object access with intermediate results

Optimized technique for prefetching LOB table space pages

Hierarchical storage architecture using node ID ranges

Technique for creating a unique quasi-random row identifier