Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Method and system for ingesting data in a database

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and devices for inserting data in a database. The method can include caching one or more rows of data in a delta table in response to a request to insert the one or more rows in a destination table, wherein the destination table is one of a group of destination tables of a first database, and wherein the delta table contains requested changes of rows of the destination table, the changes being caused by a data operation; determining a priority of the destination table based on runtime information of the destination table relative to the group of destination tables; and scheduling the merging of the inserted rows from the delta table to the destination table based on the determined priority of the destination table. The destination table is in a format of a file storing one or more blocks, each block having a set of sequence of elements clustered from each column of the destination table.