1. In a digital data processing system of the type having database table means for storing data records in a plurality of independently accessible partitions, database management system (DBMS) means, coupled to said database table means, for accessing data records stored therein by any of a direct reference to said database table means and to views thereof, said DBMS means including standard interface means for normally receiving a query signal representative of a request for access to one or more selected data records and for applying that request to said stored data records to generate a result signal representative of the result thereof, the improvement comprising A. parallel interface means for intercepting, from application to said standard interface means, a selected query signal representative of a request for access to selected data records in said database table means, B. said parallel interface means including decomposition means for generating, from said intercepted query signal, a plurality of subquery signals, each representative of a request for access to data records stored in one or more respective partitions of said database table means, C. process means, coupled to said decomposition means, for applying in parallel to said standard interface means said plural subquery signals, and D. assembly means, coupled to said standard interface means, for responding to result signals generated thereby in response to application of said subquery signals for generating an assembled result signal representative of a response to said query signal.