Joshua Tolley, 04.05.2011 15:02:
> On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 05:02:21PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> I'm betting that only about 10% of people that care about databases
>> would know what SQL/MED is. Much better to say "Distributed Database
>> (Read-only)", or similar.
>
> At first glance, "distributed database" makes me think only of two-phase
> commit, rather than SQL/MED. Perhaps it would be better to use words like
> "management of external data" or "foreign data sources".
Oracle and Firebird call this "External tables".
Regards
Thomas