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if a db "A" created at site alpha then also schema copied at site beta which is 50 to 100 of miles away but still data in both is same and must be

in syc. will it be called a distributed database or

would it be wrong?

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why is it not distributed? its related, what does it need to be called distributed?

same schema different data?

or

?

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Neither. It is not a distributed DB, and it is not wrong. It is a copy of a database. The real question is how to keep them in sync.

saille
What definition are you using? Can you provide some details?
S.Lott
well go to wikipedia and distributed database....."A distributed database is a collection of multiple, logically interrelated databases distributed over a computer network.Sometimes "distributed database system" isused to refer jointly to the distributeddatabase and the distributed DBMS"
please see edit thanks for helping
saille