Patent ID: 8856066

Claim:
A method of sharing information between tenants in a multi-tenant database, the method comprising: receiving information on a connection between a first tenant of a multi-tenant database and a second tenant of the multi-tenant database, utilizing a processor, wherein the connection indicates a record of the first tenant stored by the multi-tenant database that is shared with the second tenant; allowing the record of the first tenant to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection; identifying a file attachment that is a child to the record of the first tenant; and allowing the file attachment to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection, based on the file attachment being the child to the record that is indicated by the connection as being shared with the second tenant; wherein sharing the record with the second tenant includes sharing children of the record, such that the file attachment is shared with the second tenant based on the record being shared with the second tenant.