>Kasper, Gerhard, > >>>"catalogs" are the same as "databases". >>> >> >>well not quite (perhaps in java/jdbc world), >>A catalog is used for storing the complete definition of the various >>database structures and constraints (meta-data), ie it doesn't contain data. >> >Hazy memory: I think this is the system catalog. Yupp in DB2, under Oracle schema. >How about the "path" concept is catalog, with tables, views etc inside >that. We also have a catalog "*SYSTEM" that contains the meta-data tables. > >Would that work? Getting confused now (One word, many meanings). Ok then catalogs are databases. That would be similar to MySQL. There you have a system database/catalog with tables for user,hosts,etc...
But it has nothing to do with DB2s system catalog and to Oracle schema definition? Am I with you?? Cheers Gerhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
