Apparatus and method for materialized query table journaling in a computer database system

摘要

An apparatus and method utilize MQTs in a more efficient manner in a high availability computer database to improve database performance and utility. In preferred embodiments, an MQT control file indicates whether journal entries for specific tables are to be propagated to replicated databases residing on other computer servers. In other embodiments, the MQT control file includes metrics that are used to control when the propagation is turned on and off.