An integrated database system comprises a plurality of database systems
connected to one another through a network, each of the plurality of
database systems managing its own stored data independently of the other
database systems and accessing the stored data in accordance with an
access request, and an integrated database unit connected to the network.
The integrated database unit includes a directory database which stores a
correspondence between each of the data stored in the plurality of
database systems and a database system in which each of the data is
stored, a directory control unit which acquires, by using the directory
database, directory information corresponding to target data of the
accepted access request, a database identifying unit which identifies a
database system, and a database control unit which issues, on the basis
of the acquired directory information, an access request to the database
system having the target data of the accepted access request. The
database system includes a database server unit which accesses a database
in accordance with the access request issued by the integrated database
unit.