Patent ID: 8214353

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: in response to at least one command, creating a first replicate specifying: a) a target replication server and a source replication server, wherein said target replication server has a first table with a table name and said source replication server has a second table with said table name, b) that changes to data in a first column of said second table are to be replicated, c) a first common dictionary format comprising a first column transport name corresponding to said first column of said second table and a first column transport data type corresponding to said first column of said second table, and d) a first local dictionary format specifying a first column name for a first column of said first table and a first data type for said first column of said first table, said first data type being different from said first column transport data type; verifying, by said target replication server, that said first column transport name is identical to said first column name of said first local dictionary format, and that said first data type is compatible with said first column transport data type; after said verifying, receiving, by said target replication server, replication data from said source replication server in said first common dictionary format, said replication data comprising at least one change to data in said first column of said second table; transforming, by said target replication server, said replication data from said first common dictionary format to said first local dictionary format; and applying, by said target replication server, said transformed replication data to said first table.