3. The method of claim 1 , where the at least one local physical database table comprises at least two local physical database tables and where forming the local query response comprises performing a database aggregation operation on data retrieved from the at least two local physical database tables.
3. The method of claim 1 , where the at least one local physical database table comprises at least two local physical database tables and where forming the local query response comprises performing a database aggregation operation on data retrieved from the at least two local physical database tables. 4. The method of claim 3 , where performing the database aggregation operation on the data retrieved from the at least two local physical database tables comprises performing at least one of a join operation, a maximum result operation, a minimum result operation, and an average result operation on the data retrieved from the at least two local physical database tables.