DATA EXPANSE USING A VIEW INSTRUCTION

1 . A method for obtaining access to database files in a computing system, the method comprising:

receiving, at an operating system, a first call from a database management system requesting access to a database file;

creating, by the operating system, a data expanse file; and

allowing the database management system to request views of data in the data expanse file by using an instruction processor and a view instruction.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein creating includes creating and initializing all necessary control structures to control the data expanse.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein creating includes creating and initializing all necessary control structures to control the data expanse including a data expanse view control and a data expanse file control.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein creating includes creating a data expanse file with a single bank descriptor that allows access to up 2**60 words of virtual or physical space.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising returning, by the operating system, to the database management system a data expanse address.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising calling, by the database management system the view instruction and providing the data expanse address, a starting offset and size of a postern to be created.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising returning, by the operating system, a postern address to the database management system.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising basing, by the database management system, the postern such that the data can be read or written.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising modifying, by the database management system, the postern by calling the view instruction and providing the data expanse address, the postern address, starting offset and the size of the view.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising deleting, by the database management system, the postern by calling the view instruction, providing the data expanse address and a null postern address.

11 . A non-transitory machine readable memory medium including instructions when executed to cause a processor to perform the following actions:

receiving, at an operating system, a first call from a database management system requesting access to a database file;

creating, by the operating system, a data expanse file; and

allowing the database management system to request views of data in the data expanse file by using an instruction processor and a view instruction.

12 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 11 , wherein creating includes creating and initializing all necessary control structures to control the data expanse.

13 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 12 , wherein creating includes creating and initializing all necessary control structures to control the data expanse including a data expanse view control and a data expanse file control.

14 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 11 , wherein creating includes creating a data expanse file with a single bank descriptor that allows access to up 2**60 words of virtual or physical space.

15 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 11 , further comprising returning, by the operating system, to the database management system a data expanse address.

16 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 15 , further comprising calling, by the database management system the view instruction and providing the data expanse address, a starting offset and size of a postern to be created.

17 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 16 , further comprising returning, by the operating system, a postern address to the database management system.

18 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 17 , further comprising basing, by the database management system, the postern such that the data can be read or written.

19 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 18 , further comprising modifying, by the database management system, the postern by calling the view instruction and providing the data expanse address, the postern address, starting offset and the size of the view.

20 . The non-transitory machine readable memory medium according to claim 18 , further comprising deleting, by the database management system, the postern by calling the view instruction, providing the data expanse address and a null postern address.