The ObjAttr Operation

To show information about any object displayed in the Distributed Database Contents frame, select an object and choose the ObjAttr operation. The Object Atttributes pop-up window is displayed:

The following attributes of the chosen table or view are displayed in the pop-up window:

• Object Type

  The type of object: table, a view, or an index

• Object Name

  Name of the object

• Owner

  Owner of the object

• Creation Date

  Date the object was created

• Alter Date

  Date the object was last altered

• Object Subtype

  The subtype of the object, either Native (created at the Ingres Star level) or Link (created locally and registered as link)

• System/User

  Indicates whether the object is user-created or system-created

• Local Object Name

  Local name of the object

• DBMS type

  Type of local DBMS

• Node Name

  Name of the node

• Local Database Name

  Name of the local database

Depending on the type of object selected, the pop-up window displays information about a local table, view, or index, or a distributed view.