| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus having a conventional function of data table, for retrieving and accumulating at a greatly improved speed a large quantity of table-formatted data represented as an arrangement of records containing item values corresponding to items of information. A value management table in which item values are stored in order of item value number corresponding to the item value belonging to a specific item and an item value number specifying information arrangement in which information for specifying item value numbers in order of record are stored in a storage. The item value number corresponding to a specific record is retrieved from the item value number specifying information arrangement, and the item value corresponding to the retrieved item value number is retrieved from the item values stored in the value management table.</p> |
