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Global System Catalog In a distributed database system, the global system catalog stores all the infor mation that are required to access data correctly and efficiently, and to contro l authorization. The global system catalog is used for the following purposes. Processing applications Catalog information are used in processing application to check whether access plans are valid and the users have the appropriate access p rivileges. Mapping applications Using catalog information data referenced by application prog rams at different levels of transparency are mapped into physical data. Optimizing applications Catalog information are used to produce an access plan for query execution. Typically, the information required for producing access plans include data allocation, statistical information and access methods available a t each site.

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