Re: Distributed Join

Posted in 1995

Eoin Woods — 4 Jun 1995 16:10:52 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <MAL.95Jun3100013@yavanna> mal@winternet.com "Michael Leo" writes: > You could just buy Ingres/Star and use normal everyday SQL, not knowing > which table is on which node. You can do this from ANY tool, not just > call-level or embedded C. You can do this from ANY third party tool > that works against plain old Ingres. Ingres/Star deals with the > "distriby" stuff behind the Ingres front-end. > > Granted the product is not perfect, but its been able to do this for > the last 5 years, at least. > > One has to ask, "Why can't Sybase?" Well actually, Sybase *can* ! The product to do this is OMNI and it supports distributed joins across most data sources (including, I think, some non relational ones). (Yes, I am a Sybase employee - I'm just posting from home). Eoin. -- Eoin Woods, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD1 1PD, UK Email: Eoin@copse.demon.co.uk