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[75] Inventors: Igor V. Balabine; Ramiah
Kandasamy, both of Cupertino; John
A. Skier, San Jose, all of Calif.
[73] Assignee: Informix Software, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif.
[21] Appl. No.: 08/792,139 [22] Filed: Jan. 31, 1997
[51] Int. C I. G06F 17/30
[52] U.S. CI 707/100; 707/102; 707/200
[58] Field of Search 707/1^, 100-104,
707/200-201
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