Abstract: According to one example of the present invention, there is provided a transaction processing system. The transaction processing system comprises a transaction analyzer for determining characteristics of a received transaction, a processing agent selector for selecting, based on the determined characteristics, a processing agent for processing the received transaction, and a dispatcher for dispatching the received transaction and the selected processing agent to a processing resource to cause the transaction to be processed in accordance with the selected processing agent on at least one of the computing devices.

Abstract: According to one example of the present invention, there is provided a transaction processing system. The transaction processing system comprises a transaction analyzer for determining characteristics of a received transaction, a processing agent selector for selecting, based on the determined characteristics, a processing agent for processing the received transaction, and a dispatcher for dispatching the received transaction and the selected processing agent to a processing resource to cause the transaction to be processed in accordance with the selected processing agent on at least one of the computing devices.

Abstract: An extensible database system and method is provided, which allows dynamic changes to be made to a relational database without requiring the use of a DDL. The database design allows the dynamic creation during run-time of new tables and columns, elimination of columns, and changes to column datatypes and lengths to be accomplished without the use of a DDL. The extensible database system and method includes a data table, which stores various attributes, and a metadata table, which provides parameters and formatting information for the attributes stored in the data table.