"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:1087602479.441629_at_yasure...
> Partitioning of data in DB2 is an entirely different concept than is the
> partitioning of data in Oracle so the word may be misunderstood.
> Partioning in Oracle has nothing to do with RAC or clustering or nodes.
> In Oracle, as you know, data is never federated.
>
Federated in DB2 has a specific meaning other than what you are referring
to. DB2 partitioned tables are not Federated.
In DB2 Federated refers to a feature that allows access to multiple
databases in a single SQL statement (even if some of the databases are not
DB2).
Received on Fri Jun 18 2004 - 19:33:24 CDT
