Patent ID: 6178418
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for servicing data queries to a distributed data warehouse system generated by at least one data accessing application executing on at least one client computer, the distributed data warehouse system being composed of a plurality of physical servers housing data to be accessed, the method comprising:a) generating a query for data required by the application executing on the client computer;b) passing the query to a connection driver of the client computer;c) forwarding the query to a query server;d) receiving the query at the query server;e) determining at the query server a specific physical server within the distributed data warehouse system to be accessed in order to resolve the query for the required data;f) transmitting back to the connection driver of the client computer information indicating the physical server to access in order to satisfy the query;g) transmitting a request from the connection driver to the physical server to satisfy the query; andh) receiving the required data at the client computer and providing said data to the application;i) wherein the required data is passed directly from the physical server to the client computer without passing through the query server.