1. A computer apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; a database residing in the memory; a partitioned table in the database located on a plurality of partitions; a query governor file associated with the database having global governor data where the global governor data provides governor data to access more than one partition of the plurality of partitions; and a first query governor residing in the memory and executed by the at least one processor, the first query governor governing access to the partitioned table based on the global governor data in the query governor file.