Abstract
Queries involving aggregation are typical in database applications. One of the main ideas to optimize the execution of an aggregate query is to reuse results of previously answered queries. This leads to the problem of rewriting aggregate queries using views. Due to a lack of theory, algorithms for this problem were rather ad-hoc. They were sound, but were not proven to be complete. Recently we have given syntactic characterizations for the equivalence of aggregate queries and applied them to decide when there exist rewritings. However, these decision procedures do not lend themselves immediately to an implementation. In this paper, we present practical algorithms for rewriting queries with count and sum. Our algorithms are sound. They are also complete for important cases. Our techniques can be used to improve well-known procedures for rewriting non-aggregate queries. These procedures can then be adapted to obtain algorithms for rewriting queries with min and max. The algorithms presented are a basis for realizing optimizers that rewrite queries using views.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Current Issues in Databases and Information Systems - East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems Held Jointly with International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, ADBIS-DASFAA 2000, Proceedings |
Editors | Julius Stuller, Jaroslav Pokorny, Yoshifumi Masunaga, Bernhard Thalheim |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 65-78 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 3540679774, 9783540679776 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
Event | East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems Held Jointly with International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, ADBIS-DASFAA 2000 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 5 Sep 2000 → 9 Sep 2000 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 1884 |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems Held Jointly with International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, ADBIS-DASFAA 2000 |
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Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 5/09/00 → 9/09/00 |
Bibliographical note
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