Remote database access through a table entry

摘要

Methods and apparatus for accessing remote data in a database system. in one implementation, a database system includes: one or more data storage facilities for use in storing data composing records in tables of a database, where at least one data storage facility stores a remote database access type object representing a remote database access type field for storing remote access information indicating remote data stored in a remote system, where the remote system is outside of the database system and is connected to the database system; one or more processing modules configured to manage the data stored in the data-storage facilities; and a database management component configured to access remote data stored in the remote system using remote access information stored in the remote database access type object corresponding to the remote data. <IMAGE>