US Patent 12117999 Masking shard operations in distributed database systems

A computer-implemented method masks shard operations in a distributed database. The method includes performing a shard operation on a first table with a first column and a second column, where the shard operation divides the first table into a first shard with the first column and a second shard with the second column. The method also includes receiving a query, where the query is configured to perform at least a first command. The method further includes determining the first command is directed to the first column. The method includes updating the query to access the first shard in place of the first table. The method also includes executing the query and returning a set of results for the query to a source of the query.