1. A method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: receiving, at a relational database server, a relational database statement that involves data, from n-dimensional data objects, that is stored according to a multidimensional schema; identifying, by a multidimensional database server and based on information contained in said statement, a data subset of said n-dimensional data objects; and producing, by said relational database server and in response to the relational database statement, a set of zero or more values that is based on values within said subset.