A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for DDL Extension layer that provides extended data definition language (DDL) capabilities for relational databases with multi-connections. A command is executed in a computer to perform a database operation on a relational database stored on a data store...http://www.google.de/patents/US6453322?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6453322 - Extension of data definition language (DDL) capabilities for relational databases for applications issuing multiple units of work