Database access system and recording medium which records program for controlling the system

A database access system which accesses tables contained in a plurality of databases distributively arranged on a network, said system comprising:

• data link information defining means which defines, in a data link information file, a link from a table contained in one of the plurality of databases to another table in another database in the plurality of databases, with respect to each table contained in the plurality of databases which are distributively arranged on the network;
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• database retrieval means which retrieves, when accessing a table contained in one of the plurality of databases, a link from the table to another table contained in another database in the plurality of databases, by referring to the data link information file, and which accesses the another table linked from the accessed table contained in the another database specified by the data link information file.