SHIP operator

Operator name: SHIP

Represents: An operator used in the federated system to retrieve data from a remote data source. This operator is considered by the optimizer when it contains a remote plan that will not be inspected by the optimizer. A SHIP operator sends an SQL or XQuery SELECT statement to a remote data source to retrieve the query result. The SELECT statement is generated using the SQL or XQuery dialect supported by the data source, and can contain any valid query as allowed by the data source.