> > > > Now I've seen everything
> > >
> > >No you haven't... there are worse patents :-)
> >
> > Yes, didn't I see on slashdot this week that M$oft had filed for a
> > patent on right mouse-click and context menus?
>
> I consider patenting
>
> "SELECT TOP 20 * FROM Table WHERE (Table.Field1>Current Maximum
> Field1) OR (Table.Field1=Current Maximum Field1 AND Table.
> Field2>Current Maximum Field2);"
>
> sounds equally ridiculous as patenting right mouse-clicks.
>
> (I guess the above statement in its context means patenting
> SELECT FIRST 20 SKIP 20 * FROM Table)
>
> Wonder what those patent claims that were cancelled look like?

Pseudo code for:

for n := 0 to 20 do "send_data"

In case the SQL engine didn't understand "TOP 20".?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
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