A data management apparatus and method provide for a virtual conversion by repeatedly reading at least one record from an input file having a plurality of records, each record including a plurality of fields, and adding the at least one record to a buffer. The records in the buffer are then converted...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6725225?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6725225 - Data management apparatus and method for efficiently generating a blocked transposed file and converting that file using a stored compression method
Data management apparatus and method for efficiently generating a blocked ...