This is a helpful utility for sure - but beware, joins between foreign data sources and local ones can be slow and very un-optimized, especially with bigger dat

This is a helpful utility for sure - but beware, joins between foreign data sources and local ones can be slow and very un-optimized, especially with bigger data sources. I used to work for a company that made a data federation software platform. I am always surprised that people forget that management of external data is part of the SQL standard actually - SQL/MED ("SQL Management of External Data") [1]! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL/MED https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL/MED