Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote:

> Jim Starkey wrote:
>
>> We've traditionally called it mega-database manager. The right way to
>> implement it is as a separate provider under Y-valve / dispatch module l
>> looping back through the Y-valve / dispatch module to access target
>> databases. This allows it to access local, remote, and external
>> databases through gateways.
>>
> This dramatically reduces possible optimizations for local ones, which
> IMO is the more common case.
>
>

Why do you say that?

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