Method and apparatus for filtering a notification message from a database

An apparatus comprising:

• a database having at least a partition, the at least partition having an object instance;
• a message creator logically coupled to the database to create a notification message;
• a message transmitter logically coupled to the message creator to transmit the notification message between the database and a message recipient;
• and
• a filter logically coupled to the message transmitter to filter the notification message based upon a notification message type and a viewage table containing an entry specifying a database on the object instance.

A computer readable program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer program code embodied therein, the computer readable program product having:

• computer readable program code to cause a computer to create the notification message with a database having at least a partition having an object instance;
• computer readable program code to cause the computer to transmit the notification message between the database and a message recipient;
• and
• computer readable program code to cause the computer to filter the notification message based upon a notification message type and a viewage table containing an entry specifying a database of the object instance.

A computer data signal, comprising:

• a filtering code segment having:
• a first code segment to cause a computer to create a notification message with a database having at least a having an object instance;
• a second code segment to cause the computer to transmit the notification message between the database and a message recipient;
• and
• a third code segment to cause the computer to filter the notification message based upon a notification message type and a viewage table containing an entry specifying a database of the object instance.