1. A method comprising the steps of:
electronically receiving by a user’s networked device a user-provided string of characters intended for input into a remote computer database;
accumulating a total string length measured in digital units of storage by determining a character length in quantities of digital units of storage for each character in said string;
comparing said total string length to at least one specified string input limit associated with said database;
responsive to said limit not being exceeded, extracting a portion of said string which extends beyond said input limit, storing said extracted portion as an overflow sub-string; and
performing at least one predetermined automatic processing action on said overflow sub-string to yield an action result.
2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said automatic processing action comprises storing said overflow sub-string in an overflow field of said database.
3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said automatic processing action comprises performing a statistical analysis upon one or more overflow sub-strings, and, responsive to such statistical analysis, performing a system resource allocation to accommodate increased storage to handle without overflow said input strings.
4. The method as set forth in claim 3 wherein said step of performing a system resource allocation is performed by an on-demand computing system.
5. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said predetermined automatic processing action is selected by evaluation of a service level agreement.
6. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said predetermined automatic processing action is selected by evaluation of a user’s organization role.
7. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein step of receiving a user-provided string of characters comprises reception by a front-end application server from a user’s networked device.
8. The method as set forth in claim 7 wherein said steps of determining, accumulating, comparing, extracting and storing are performed by a plug-in program product disposed in said front-end application server.
9. The method as set forth in claim 7 wherein said steps of determining, accumulating, comparing, extracting and storing are performed by a web services system accessible via a network by said front-end application server.
10. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said steps of determining, accumulating, comparing, extracting and storing are performed by a plug-in program product disposed in said user’s networked device.
11. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said step of determining character lengths comprises determining lengths in digital units of storage selected from the group of bits, bytes, words, and double-words.
12. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said encoding schema comprises a multi-language encoding schema.
13. The method as set forth in claim 12 wherein said encoding scheme comprises an encoding schema having segmented codepoint assignments.
14. The method as set forth in claim 13 wherein said step of determining character lengths comprises determining a codepoint segment for each character based upon a codepoint assignment of each character.
15. The method as set forth in claim 13 wherein said encoding schema comprises Unicode UTF-8.
16. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said step of comparing comprises comparing to meet a maximum string length requirement.
17. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprises in the steps and limitations of:
inserting hidden fields in web pages;
passing by a front-end application program one or more specified string input limits of database fields said hidden fields; and
concurrent with said step of receiving a user-provided string of characters intended for input into a database, performing said steps of determining a character length in quantities of digital units of storage and accumulating said character lengths to yield a total string length until the strings reach a specified limit.
18. The method as set forth in claim 17 wherein said step of inserting hidden fields in web pages is performed by a member of the group of a strut and a Java Server Face.
19. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the steps and limitations of:
storing a database catalog as a cache on a database client device;
performing said steps of accumulating and comparing by said client device such that only checked and qualified input strings are submitted to a front-end application program.
20. The method as set forth in claim 19 wherein said steps of accumulating and comparing are performed during periods of disconnection between said client device and said front-end application program, and wherein said steps of submission and blocking are performing during periods of connection between said client device and said front-end application program
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Powertrain of an internal combustion engine with piston (3) and connecting rod (1), wherein the connecting rod (1) connects the piston (3) on one side on the connecting-rod head (2) and the corresponding crank pin of a crankshaft on the other side under formation of a connecting-rod eye (8) via two end bearing arrangements, characterized in that the bearing arrangement for connecting the piston (3) to the connecting-rod head (2) is configured under formation of a positive fit as the ball bearinguniversal ball joint (11, 13), such that on one side, a universal ball joint part (11) is provided with a spherical outer surface (12) as a bearing surface, which is immersed in lubricating means, and on the other side is enclosed by a correspondingly spherical pot-like end plate (13) as the support part for axial support, and the ball bearinguniversal ball joint (11, 13) for maintaining the positive fit encloses detachable rotational securing means (16a, b; 17a, b; 23a, b), which also allow in the released state an unlocking of the positive fit by turning the piston (3) about its axis.
2. Powertrain according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting-rod head (2) is formed as the spherical universal ball joint (11) and the piston base (15) of the piston (3) is formed as the bearing seat of the universal ball joint part (11) in the form of the end plate (13).
3. Powertrain according to claim 2, characterized in that for forming the rotational securing means of the piston (3) in the interior for receiving the connecting-rod head (2), and thus in the bearing seat (13), in the circumferential direction there are also at least two, especially diametrically opposite recesses (17a, b), which are filled by means of rotational securing elements (23a, b), and the spherical universal ball joint part (11) is configured with wall sections (16a, b), which are flattened according to the recesses (17a, b) and which are supported on the rotational securing elements (23a, b) in the assembled state.
4. Powertrain according to claim 1, characterized in that for permanent lubrication of the ball bearinguniversal ball joint (11, 13) the connecting-rod shank is provided with an oil bore hole (9), which opens in a lubricating means reservoir (19) provided at the end of the end plate (13) in front of the spherical bearing surface (18) set for axial contact of the universal ball joint part (11).