This document provides an overview of query processing and optimization techniques in database management systems. It discusses measures of query cost, various query operations like selection, sorting, joining, and aggregation. It also covers transaction processing concepts like atomicity, durability, and isolation levels. Specific algorithms covered include nested-loop join, merge join, hash join, and their cost analysis. The document is divided into sections on query processing, transaction processing, and covers various operations involved in query evaluation and optimization.
This document provides an overview of database management systems (DBMS). It discusses the history and purpose of DBMS, different data models including relational, entity-relationship and object-oriented models. It also describes database languages, data storage and querying, transaction management, and database architecture. Key topics covered include the three levels of data abstraction, database schemas and instances, storage managers, query processors, and ensuring integrity through constraints defined in the data definition language.
This document outlines a course on advances in database management systems. The course covers object and object-relational databases over 9 hours. Topics include object database concepts, object extensions to SQL, the ODMG object model and ODL language, object database design, and the OQL query language. The course is taught by Dr. M.K. Jayanthi Kannan at JAIN Deemed To-Be University.
The document discusses database normalization. It defines normalization as organizing data to eliminate redundancy and ensure data dependencies. The document outlines several normal forms including 1NF, 2NF, 3NF and BCNF. It provides examples to demonstrate transforming a database from an unnormalized form to higher normal forms through removing anomalies and redundancies.
Database normalization is the process of refining the data in accordance with a series of normal forms. This is done to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity. This process divides large tables into small tables and links them using relationships.
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Database normalization is the process of structuring a relational database in accordance with a series of so-called normal forms in order to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity. It was first proposed by Edgar F. Codd as part of his relational model.
Agenda
What Is Normalization?
Why We Use Normalization?
Various Levels Of Normalization
Any Tools For Generate Normalization?
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The document discusses database design and the design process. It explains that database design involves determining the logical structure of tables and relationships between data elements. The design process consists of steps like determining relationships between data, dividing information into tables, specifying primary keys, and applying normalization rules. The document also covers entity-relationship diagrams and designing inputs and outputs, including input controls and designing report formats.
UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a standard modeling language used to visualize, specify, construct, and document software systems. It uses graphical notation to depict systems from initial design through detailed design. Common UML diagram types include use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and state machine diagrams. UML provides a standard way to communicate designs across development teams and is supported by many modeling tools.
Normalisation is a process that structures data in a relational database to minimize duplication and redundancy while preserving information. It aims to ensure data is structured efficiently and consistently through multiple forms. The stages of normalization include first normal form (1NF), second normal form (2NF), third normal form (3NF), Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF), fourth normal form (4NF) and fifth normal form (5NF). Higher normal forms eliminate more types of dependencies to optimize the database structure.
This document provides an overview of database management systems (DBMS). It discusses the history and purpose of DBMS, different data models including relational, entity-relationship and object-oriented models. It also describes database languages, data storage and querying, transaction management, and database architecture. Key topics covered include the three levels of data abstraction, database schemas and instances, storage managers, query processors, and ensuring integrity through constraints defined in the data definition language.
This document outlines a course on advances in database management systems. The course covers object and object-relational databases over 9 hours. Topics include object database concepts, object extensions to SQL, the ODMG object model and ODL language, object database design, and the OQL query language. The course is taught by Dr. M.K. Jayanthi Kannan at JAIN Deemed To-Be University.
The document discusses database normalization. It defines normalization as organizing data to eliminate redundancy and ensure data dependencies. The document outlines several normal forms including 1NF, 2NF, 3NF and BCNF. It provides examples to demonstrate transforming a database from an unnormalized form to higher normal forms through removing anomalies and redundancies.
Database normalization is the process of refining the data in accordance with a series of normal forms. This is done to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity. This process divides large tables into small tables and links them using relationships.
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Database normalization is the process of structuring a relational database in accordance with a series of so-called normal forms in order to reduce data redundancy and improve data integrity. It was first proposed by Edgar F. Codd as part of his relational model.
Agenda
What Is Normalization?
Why We Use Normalization?
Various Levels Of Normalization
Any Tools For Generate Normalization?
By Harsiddhi Thakkar
If you have any query
Contact me on : harsiddhithakkar94@gmail.com
The document discusses database design and the design process. It explains that database design involves determining the logical structure of tables and relationships between data elements. The design process consists of steps like determining relationships between data, dividing information into tables, specifying primary keys, and applying normalization rules. The document also covers entity-relationship diagrams and designing inputs and outputs, including input controls and designing report formats.
UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a standard modeling language used to visualize, specify, construct, and document software systems. It uses graphical notation to depict systems from initial design through detailed design. Common UML diagram types include use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and state machine diagrams. UML provides a standard way to communicate designs across development teams and is supported by many modeling tools.
Normalisation is a process that structures data in a relational database to minimize duplication and redundancy while preserving information. It aims to ensure data is structured efficiently and consistently through multiple forms. The stages of normalization include first normal form (1NF), second normal form (2NF), third normal form (3NF), Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF), fourth normal form (4NF) and fifth normal form (5NF). Higher normal forms eliminate more types of dependencies to optimize the database structure.
This presentation describes about the various memory allocation methods like first fit, best fit and worst fit in memory management and also about fragmentation problem and solution for the problem.
The document discusses the client-server architecture, including its definition, timeline, types of servers, tiers, protocols, and future directions. The client-server model involves clients sending requests to servers which process and return responses. It has evolved from mainframe computers to today's multi-tier architectures with web, application, and database servers. Protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, and FTP are used to facilitate communication between clients and servers. Cloud computing is presented as the future direction rather than traditional client-server systems.
The document discusses data abstraction and the three schema architecture in database design. It explains that data abstraction has three levels: physical, logical, and view. The physical level describes how data is stored, the logical level describes the data and relationships, and the view level allows applications to hide data types and information. It also describes instances, which are the current stored data, and schemas, which are the overall database design. Schemas are partitioned into physical, logical, and external schemas corresponding to the levels of abstraction. The three schema architecture provides data independence and allows separate management of the logical and physical designs.
This document discusses directory structures and file system mounting in operating systems. It describes several types of directory structures including single-level, two-level, hierarchical, tree, and acyclic graph structures. It notes that directories organize files in a hierarchical manner and that mounting makes storage devices available to the operating system by reading metadata about the filesystem. Mounting attaches an additional filesystem to the currently accessible filesystem, while unmounting disconnects the filesystem.
Index is a database object, which can be created on one or more columns (16 Max column combinations). When creating the index will read the column(s) and forms a relevant data structure to minimize the number of data comparisons. The index will improve the performance of data retrieval and adds some overhead on data modification such as create, delete and modify. So it depends on how much data retrieval can be performed on table versus how much of DML (Insert, Delete and Update) operations
Architectural styles and patterns provide abstract frameworks for structuring systems and solving common problems. [1] An architectural style defines rules for how components interact and is characterized by aspects like communication, deployment, structure, and domain. [2] Examples include service-oriented architecture, client/server, and layered architecture. [3] Similarly, architectural patterns are reusable solutions to recurring design problems documented with elements, relationships, constraints, and interaction mechanisms.
This document discusses different methods for organizing and indexing data stored on disk in a database management system (DBMS). It covers unordered or heap files, ordered or sequential files, and hash files as methods for physically arranging records on disk. It also discusses various indexing techniques like primary indexes, secondary indexes, dense vs sparse indexes, and multi-level indexes like B-trees and B+-trees that provide efficient access to records. The goal of file organization and indexing in a DBMS is to optimize performance for operations like inserting, searching, updating and deleting records from disk files.
Indexes are data structures that improve the speed of data retrieval from a database table by organizing records to allow for faster searches. They work by sorting records on indexed fields and storing field values and pointers to records, allowing for binary searches rather than linear searches through the entire table. While indexes improve search performance, they require additional storage and slower writes. Indexes should be created on fields commonly used for searching that have high cardinality (uniqueness) to maximize performance gains from their use.
The buffer manager is the software layer that is responsible for bringing pages from physical disk to main memory as needed. The buffer manages the available main memory by dividing the main memory into a collection of pages, which we called as buffer pool. The main memory pages in the buffer pool are called frames.
This document discusses transactions in SQL and database management systems. It explains that DBMSs use transactions to ensure atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability when multiple users access and modify data simultaneously. SQL supports transactions through statements like COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and by setting the transaction isolation level. The isolation level determines how transactions interact with each other and see concurrent changes to the database.
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The document outlines concepts related to distributed database reliability. It begins with definitions of key terms like reliability, availability, failure, and fault tolerance measures. It then discusses different types of faults and failures that can occur in distributed systems. The document focuses on techniques for ensuring transaction atomicity and durability in the face of failures, including logging, write-ahead logging, and various execution strategies. It also covers checkpointing and recovery protocols at both the local and distributed level, particularly two-phase commit.
The document discusses various SQL concepts like views, triggers, functions, indexes, joins, and stored procedures. Views are virtual tables created by joining real tables, and can be updated, modified or dropped. Triggers automatically run code when data is inserted, updated or deleted from a table. Functions allow reusable code and improve clarity. Indexes allow faster data retrieval. Joins combine data from different tables. Stored procedures preserve data integrity.
Joins in SQL are used to combine data from two or more tables based on common columns between them. There are several types of joins, including inner joins, outer joins, and cross joins. Inner joins return rows that match between tables, outer joins return all rows including non-matching rows, and cross joins return the cartesian product between tables.
This document provides an introduction to database management systems (DBMS) and SQL Server. It discusses what a database is and where databases are used. It then explains what a DBMS is and some examples of DBMS software. The document goes on to describe the relational database model including entities, attributes, relationships and keys. It also discusses the entity-relationship model. Finally, it covers SQL statements including DDL, DML, and DCL and provides examples of commands for creating tables, inserting and updating data, and setting privileges.
This document is from a textbook on database systems. It introduces fundamental concepts such as what a database is, the role of database management systems, and typical database functionality including defining schemas, loading data, querying, and concurrency control. It also discusses different types of database users and the advantages of the database approach such as data sharing and integrity enforcement. Examples of entity-relationship diagrams and database relations are provided to illustrate conceptual data modeling.
Architecture design in software engineeringPreeti Mishra
The document discusses software architectural design. It defines architecture as the structure of a system's components, their relationships, and properties. An architectural design model is transferable across different systems. The architecture enables analysis of design requirements and consideration of alternatives early in development. It represents the system in an intellectually graspable way. Common architectural styles structure systems and their components in different ways, such as data-centered, data flow, and call-and-return styles.
The document discusses query processing and optimization. It describes the basic concepts including query processing, query optimization, and the phases of query processing. It also explains relational algebra operations like selection, projection, joins, and additional operations. The document then covers topics like query decomposition, analysis, normalization, simplification, and restructuring during query optimization. It discusses cost estimation and algorithms for implementing relational algebra operations and file organization.
The document discusses relational databases and relational database management systems (RDBMS). It defines key concepts like relations, entities, attributes, and relationships between tables. It explains how data is stored in rows and columns. It also discusses relational database languages including data definition language (DDL) for specifying database schema, data manipulation language (DML) for accessing and manipulating data, data control language (DCL) for user access control, and transaction control language (TCL) for transaction management.
The class diagram shows the key classes and relationships in a school information modeling system. The main classes are School, Department, Subject, Student, and Instructor. A school has departments and a department offers subjects. A student can enroll in up to 5 subjects and an instructor can teach up to 3 subjects. An instructor is assigned to one or more departments. The class diagram also shows the relationships between these classes such as a student attending a school and taking subjects, and an instructor teaching subjects.
The document discusses various steps and algorithms for processing database queries. It covers parsing and optimizing queries, estimating query costs, and algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, and joins. Selection algorithms include linear scans, binary searches, and using indexes. Sorting can use indexes or external merge sort. Join algorithms include nested loops, merge join, and hash join.
The document discusses various algorithms for query processing operations like selection, sorting, and join. It provides cost estimates for each algorithm based on factors like the number of block transfers and seeks. The most efficient algorithms depend on characteristics of the relations and whether indices are available. Nested loop and block nested loop joins have high costs, while merge join and hash join may have lower costs depending on the situation.
This presentation describes about the various memory allocation methods like first fit, best fit and worst fit in memory management and also about fragmentation problem and solution for the problem.
The document discusses the client-server architecture, including its definition, timeline, types of servers, tiers, protocols, and future directions. The client-server model involves clients sending requests to servers which process and return responses. It has evolved from mainframe computers to today's multi-tier architectures with web, application, and database servers. Protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, and FTP are used to facilitate communication between clients and servers. Cloud computing is presented as the future direction rather than traditional client-server systems.
The document discusses data abstraction and the three schema architecture in database design. It explains that data abstraction has three levels: physical, logical, and view. The physical level describes how data is stored, the logical level describes the data and relationships, and the view level allows applications to hide data types and information. It also describes instances, which are the current stored data, and schemas, which are the overall database design. Schemas are partitioned into physical, logical, and external schemas corresponding to the levels of abstraction. The three schema architecture provides data independence and allows separate management of the logical and physical designs.
This document discusses directory structures and file system mounting in operating systems. It describes several types of directory structures including single-level, two-level, hierarchical, tree, and acyclic graph structures. It notes that directories organize files in a hierarchical manner and that mounting makes storage devices available to the operating system by reading metadata about the filesystem. Mounting attaches an additional filesystem to the currently accessible filesystem, while unmounting disconnects the filesystem.
Index is a database object, which can be created on one or more columns (16 Max column combinations). When creating the index will read the column(s) and forms a relevant data structure to minimize the number of data comparisons. The index will improve the performance of data retrieval and adds some overhead on data modification such as create, delete and modify. So it depends on how much data retrieval can be performed on table versus how much of DML (Insert, Delete and Update) operations
Architectural styles and patterns provide abstract frameworks for structuring systems and solving common problems. [1] An architectural style defines rules for how components interact and is characterized by aspects like communication, deployment, structure, and domain. [2] Examples include service-oriented architecture, client/server, and layered architecture. [3] Similarly, architectural patterns are reusable solutions to recurring design problems documented with elements, relationships, constraints, and interaction mechanisms.
This document discusses different methods for organizing and indexing data stored on disk in a database management system (DBMS). It covers unordered or heap files, ordered or sequential files, and hash files as methods for physically arranging records on disk. It also discusses various indexing techniques like primary indexes, secondary indexes, dense vs sparse indexes, and multi-level indexes like B-trees and B+-trees that provide efficient access to records. The goal of file organization and indexing in a DBMS is to optimize performance for operations like inserting, searching, updating and deleting records from disk files.
Indexes are data structures that improve the speed of data retrieval from a database table by organizing records to allow for faster searches. They work by sorting records on indexed fields and storing field values and pointers to records, allowing for binary searches rather than linear searches through the entire table. While indexes improve search performance, they require additional storage and slower writes. Indexes should be created on fields commonly used for searching that have high cardinality (uniqueness) to maximize performance gains from their use.
The buffer manager is the software layer that is responsible for bringing pages from physical disk to main memory as needed. The buffer manages the available main memory by dividing the main memory into a collection of pages, which we called as buffer pool. The main memory pages in the buffer pool are called frames.
This document discusses transactions in SQL and database management systems. It explains that DBMSs use transactions to ensure atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability when multiple users access and modify data simultaneously. SQL supports transactions through statements like COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and by setting the transaction isolation level. The isolation level determines how transactions interact with each other and see concurrent changes to the database.
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Introduction to SQL
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Types of Joins
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The document outlines concepts related to distributed database reliability. It begins with definitions of key terms like reliability, availability, failure, and fault tolerance measures. It then discusses different types of faults and failures that can occur in distributed systems. The document focuses on techniques for ensuring transaction atomicity and durability in the face of failures, including logging, write-ahead logging, and various execution strategies. It also covers checkpointing and recovery protocols at both the local and distributed level, particularly two-phase commit.
The document discusses various SQL concepts like views, triggers, functions, indexes, joins, and stored procedures. Views are virtual tables created by joining real tables, and can be updated, modified or dropped. Triggers automatically run code when data is inserted, updated or deleted from a table. Functions allow reusable code and improve clarity. Indexes allow faster data retrieval. Joins combine data from different tables. Stored procedures preserve data integrity.
Joins in SQL are used to combine data from two or more tables based on common columns between them. There are several types of joins, including inner joins, outer joins, and cross joins. Inner joins return rows that match between tables, outer joins return all rows including non-matching rows, and cross joins return the cartesian product between tables.
This document provides an introduction to database management systems (DBMS) and SQL Server. It discusses what a database is and where databases are used. It then explains what a DBMS is and some examples of DBMS software. The document goes on to describe the relational database model including entities, attributes, relationships and keys. It also discusses the entity-relationship model. Finally, it covers SQL statements including DDL, DML, and DCL and provides examples of commands for creating tables, inserting and updating data, and setting privileges.
This document is from a textbook on database systems. It introduces fundamental concepts such as what a database is, the role of database management systems, and typical database functionality including defining schemas, loading data, querying, and concurrency control. It also discusses different types of database users and the advantages of the database approach such as data sharing and integrity enforcement. Examples of entity-relationship diagrams and database relations are provided to illustrate conceptual data modeling.
Architecture design in software engineeringPreeti Mishra
The document discusses software architectural design. It defines architecture as the structure of a system's components, their relationships, and properties. An architectural design model is transferable across different systems. The architecture enables analysis of design requirements and consideration of alternatives early in development. It represents the system in an intellectually graspable way. Common architectural styles structure systems and their components in different ways, such as data-centered, data flow, and call-and-return styles.
The document discusses query processing and optimization. It describes the basic concepts including query processing, query optimization, and the phases of query processing. It also explains relational algebra operations like selection, projection, joins, and additional operations. The document then covers topics like query decomposition, analysis, normalization, simplification, and restructuring during query optimization. It discusses cost estimation and algorithms for implementing relational algebra operations and file organization.
The document discusses relational databases and relational database management systems (RDBMS). It defines key concepts like relations, entities, attributes, and relationships between tables. It explains how data is stored in rows and columns. It also discusses relational database languages including data definition language (DDL) for specifying database schema, data manipulation language (DML) for accessing and manipulating data, data control language (DCL) for user access control, and transaction control language (TCL) for transaction management.
The class diagram shows the key classes and relationships in a school information modeling system. The main classes are School, Department, Subject, Student, and Instructor. A school has departments and a department offers subjects. A student can enroll in up to 5 subjects and an instructor can teach up to 3 subjects. An instructor is assigned to one or more departments. The class diagram also shows the relationships between these classes such as a student attending a school and taking subjects, and an instructor teaching subjects.
The document discusses various steps and algorithms for processing database queries. It covers parsing and optimizing queries, estimating query costs, and algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, and joins. Selection algorithms include linear scans, binary searches, and using indexes. Sorting can use indexes or external merge sort. Join algorithms include nested loops, merge join, and hash join.
The document discusses various algorithms for query processing operations like selection, sorting, and join. It provides cost estimates for each algorithm based on factors like the number of block transfers and seeks. The most efficient algorithms depend on characteristics of the relations and whether indices are available. Nested loop and block nested loop joins have high costs, while merge join and hash join may have lower costs depending on the situation.
The document describes the basic steps involved in query processing, including parsing, optimization, and evaluation. It discusses various algorithms for performing relational algebra operations like selection, sorting, and join. Selection algorithms include linear scan, binary search, and using indexes. Sorting can be done by building an index or using external sort-merge. The goal of optimization is to choose the most efficient evaluation plan based on estimated costs.
This document discusses query processing in a database system. It describes the basic steps of query processing as parsing and translation, optimization, and evaluation. For optimization, it explains that a relational algebra expression can be evaluated in many ways and the goal is to choose the plan with the lowest estimated cost. It then covers algorithms for common relational operations like selection, sorting, and join and how they are implemented, including using indexes. The overall focus is on analyzing the costs of different algorithms and implementations.
Paper written based on study of algorithms for external memory sorting in the coursework of CSCI-B 503 Algorithms Design and Analysis under guidance of Prof Funda Ergun
This document discusses query processing in a database system. It covers parsing queries, optimization to choose the most efficient evaluation plan, and executing the plan. Query optimization aims to minimize costs like I/O by choosing plans with the lowest estimated execution time. The document describes different algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, joins, and expression evaluation, and how equivalence rules and heuristics can transform queries into more efficient forms.
The document discusses various steps and algorithms involved in query processing in a database system. It covers parsing and translating a query, optimizing the query plan, and evaluating the query. Key operations discussed include selection, sorting, and join. For each operation, multiple algorithms are presented and their costs are analyzed based on factors like disk accesses and memory usage.
Study on Sorting Algorithm and Position Determining SortIRJET Journal
This document presents a study on sorting algorithms and proposes a new position determining sort algorithm. It begins with an introduction to sorting concepts and common sorting algorithms like selection sort, quicksort, and mergesort. It then describes the proposed algorithm, which uses a divide-and-conquer approach similar to selection sort but aims to reduce the number of comparisons. The algorithm maintains an additional array to track sorted locations. It analyzes the time and space complexity of the proposed algorithm, finding it has O(n^2) time complexity like selection sort. The document concludes the algorithm was implemented and tested but has room for improving memory usage.
International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention (IJESI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of computer science and electronics. IJESI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Engineering Science and Technology, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The document summarizes key aspects of query processing from the textbook "Database System Concepts, 6th Ed." by Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan. It discusses the basic steps in query processing including parsing, optimization, and evaluation. It also covers measures of query cost, algorithms for common operations like selection, sorting, and joining, and provides examples of query optimization.
The document discusses various techniques for processing database queries, including:
- Basic steps in query processing: parsing, optimization, and evaluation. Optimization involves choosing the most efficient evaluation plan from equivalent options.
- Measures for estimating query cost, primarily focusing on disk I/O like block transfers and seeks.
- Algorithms for different relational algebra operations like selection, sorting, and join. Selection algorithms include file scan, use of indexes, and handling complex conditions. Sorting algorithms include building an index versus external sort-merge. Join algorithms include nested-loop, block nested-loop, and merge-join.
The document discusses density-based clustering techniques for data streams. It begins by defining data streams and the challenges of clustering streaming data using traditional methods. It then reviews several density-based clustering algorithms designed for data streams, including DenStream, StreamOptics, MR-Stream, D-Stream, and HDDStream. These algorithms use concepts like micro-clustering and fading windows to cluster streaming data in an online and incremental manner while handling issues like noise and evolving clusters. The document focuses on density-based methods because they can detect clusters of arbitrary shapes and handle noise more effectively than other clustering approaches.
Study of Density Based Clustering Techniques on Data StreamsIJERA Editor
Data streams are generated by many real time systems. Data stream is fast changing and massive. In stream data mining traditional methods are not efficient so that many methodologies developed to stream data processing. Many applications require data into groups based on its characteristics. So clustering on data streams is applied. Clustering of non liner data density based clustering is used. Review of clustering algorithm and methodologies is represented and evaluated if they meet requirement of users. Study of density based clustering algorithm is presented here because of advantages of density based clustering method over other clustering method.
The document discusses density-based clustering techniques for data streams. It begins by defining data streams and the challenges of clustering streaming data. It then reviews several density-based clustering algorithms for data streams, including DenStream, StreamOptics, MR-Stream, D-Stream, and HDDStream. These algorithms use concepts like micro-clustering and fading windows to cluster streaming data in an online and incremental manner while handling issues like noise and evolving clusters. The document focuses on density-based methods because they can detect clusters of arbitrary shapes and handle noise well.
Feature Subset Selection for High Dimensional Data Using Clustering TechniquesIRJET Journal
The document discusses feature subset selection for high dimensional data using clustering techniques. It proposes the FAST algorithm which has three steps: 1) remove irrelevant features, 2) divide features into clusters using DBSCAN, and 3) select the most representative feature from each cluster. DBSCAN is a density-based clustering algorithm that can identify clusters of varying densities and detect outliers. The FAST algorithm is evaluated to select a small number of discriminative features from high dimensional data in an efficient manner. It aims to remove irrelevant and redundant features to improve predictive accuracy while handling large feature sets.
This document summarizes a research paper that analyzes the performance of a parallel merge sort algorithm implemented using MPI (Message Passing Interface). It first provides background on merge sort and parallel computing. It then describes the methodology used, which divides the sorting problem across processes in a tree structure. The processes communicate by sending sub-problems and sorted data to each other. Finally, it evaluates the communication and computation costs and presents results on the performance of the parallel merge sort approach.
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This document discusses query processing and optimization in databases. It covers the basic steps of query processing including parsing, optimization, and evaluation. It also describes different algorithms for query operations like selection, join, and sorting that are used to process queries efficiently. The goals of query optimization are to select the most efficient query execution plan based on the given data and minimize the number of disk accesses.
IRJET- Sampling Selection Strategy for Large Scale Deduplication of Synthetic...IRJET Journal
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This word file was our project report for Operating Systems class. Its describes and compares the difference between sequential, OpenMP and POSIX threads implementation of different sorting algorithms mainly this being about Quicksort, Merge sort and Bubble sort.
A general description about each of the sorting algorithm is given along with a graphical comparison based on large number of inputs differentiated by OpenMP, POSIX thread and sequential implementation.
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penalties due to on-the-fly tuple reconstruction. This paper presents an adaptive approach for reducing tuple reconstruction time. Proposed approach exploits decision tree algorithm to
cluster attributes for each projection and also eliminates frequent database scanning.Experimentations with TPC-H data shows the effectiveness of proposed approach.
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UNIT IV
Query Processing: Measures of Query Cost – Selection Operation – Sorting – Join
Operation – Other Operations – Evaluation of Expressions
Query Optimization – Overview – Transformation of Relational Expressions –
Estimating Statistics of Expression Results – Choice of Evaluation Plan
Transaction–Transaction Concept – A Simple Transaction Model – Storage Structure –
Transaction Atomicity and Durability – Transaction Isolation – Serializability –
Transaction Isolation and Atomicity– Transaction Isolation Levels – Implementation of
Isolation Levels – Transactions as SQL Statements
QUERY PROCESSING
4.1 MEASURES OF QUERY COST
Cost is generally measured as total elapsed time for answering query. Many
factors contribute to time cost such as disk accesses, CPU, or even network
communication.
Typically disk access is the predominant cost, and is also relatively easy to
estimate. Measured by taking into account.
Number of seeks * average seek cost + Number of blocks read * average block
read cost + Number of blocks written * average block write cost
Cost to write a block is greater than cost to read a block. Data is read back after
being written to ensure that the write was successful.
Assumption: single disk
Can modify formulae for multiple disks/RAID arrays or just use single disk
formulae, but interpret them as measuring resource consumption instead of
time.
4.2 SELECTION OPERATION
In query processing, the file scan is the lowest-level operator to access data. File
scans are search algorithms that locate and retrieve records that fulfill a selection
condition. In relational systems, a file scan allows an entire relation to be read in those
cases where the relation is stored in a single, dedicated file.
tT -seconds to transfer a block of data
tS - block-access time
1. Selections Using File Scans and Indices
A1, A2, A3, A4
2. Selections Involving Comparisons
A5,A6
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3. Implementation of Complex Selections
Conjunction: A conjunctive selection is a selection of the form:
Disjunction: A disjunctive selection is a selection of the form:
A disjunctive condition is satisfied by the union of all records satisfying the
individual, simple conditions
Negation: The result of a selection is the set of tuples of r for which the
condition evaluates to false. In the absence of nulls, this set is simply the set of tuples
in r that are not in
A7 (conjunctive selection using one index)
Select a combination of i and algorithms A1 through A6 that results in the least
cost for i (r).
Test other conditions on tuple after fetching it into memory buffer.
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A8 (conjunctive selection using composite index)
An appropriate composite index (that is, an index on multiple attributes) may be
available for some conjunctive selections.
If the selection specifies an equality condition on two or more attributes, and a
composite index exists on these combined attribute fields, then the index can be
searched directly.
The type of index determines which of algorithms A2, A3, or A4 will be used.
A9 (conjunctive selection by intersection of identifiers)
Another alternative for implementing conjunctive selection operations involves
the use of record pointers or record identifiers.
This algorithm requires indices with record pointers, on the fields involved in the
individual conditions.
The algorithm scans each index for pointers to tuples that satisfy an individual
condition.
A10 (disjunctive selection by union of identifiers)
If access paths are available on all the conditions of a disjunctive selection, each
index is scanned for pointers to tuples that satisfy the individual condition.
The union of all the retrieved pointers yields the set of pointers to all tuples that
satisfy the disjunctive condition.
4.3 SORTING
We may build an index on the relation, and then use the index to read the
relation in sorted order.
May lead to one disk block access for each tuple.
For relations that fit in memory, techniques like quick sort can be used.
For relations that don’t fit in memory, external sort merge is a good choice.
4.3.1 External Sort-Merge Algorithm
Sorting of relations that do not fit in memory is called external sorting.
The most commonly used technique for external sorting is the external sort–
merge algorithm.
Let M denote the number of blocks in the main-memory buffer available for
sorting, that is, the number of disk blocks whose contents can be buffered in
available main memory.
1. In the first stage, a number of sorted runs are created; each run is sorted, but
contains only some of the records of the relation.
i = 0;
repeat
read M blocks of the relation, or the rest of the relation,
whichever is smaller;
sort the in-memory part of the relation;
write the sorted data to run file Ri ;
i = i + 1;
until the end of the relation
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2. In the second stage, the runs are merged. Suppose, for now, that the total number of
runs N is less than M, so that we can allocate one block to each run and have space left to
hold one block of output. The merge stage operates as follows:
read one block of each of the N files Ri into a buffer block in memory;
repeat
choose the first tuple (in sort order) among all buffer blocks;
write the tuple to the output, and delete it from the buffer block;
if the buffer block of any run Ri is empty and not end-of-file(Ri )
then read the next block of Ri into the buffer block;
until all input buffer blocks are empty
The output of the merge stage is the sorted relation.
The output file is buffered to reduce the number of disk write operations.
The preceding merge operation is a generalization of the two-way merge used by
the standard in-memory sort– merge algorithm; it merges N runs, so it is called
an N-way merge.
Figure 4.1: External sorting using sort–merge
4.3.2 Cost Analysis of External Sort-Merge
Cost analysis:
Total number of merge passes required: logM–1(br/M).
Block transfers for initial run creation as well as in each pass is 2br
for final pass, we don’t count write cost
we ignore final write cost for all operations since the output of an
operation may be sent to the parent operation without being written to
disk.
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Thus total number of block transfers for external sorting:
br ( 2 logM–1(br / M)+ 1)
Cost of seeks:
During run generation:
One seek to read each run and one seek to write each run 2 br / M
During the merge phase:
Buffer size: bb (read/write bb blocks at a time)
Need 2 br / bbseeks for each merge pass
except the final one which does not require a write
Total number of seeks:
2 br / M+ br / bb(2 logM–1(br / M)1)
4.4 JOIN OPERATION
4.4.1 Nested-Loop Join
4.4.2 Block Nested-Loop Join
4.4.3 Indexed Nested-Loop Join
4.4.4 Merge Join
4.4.4.1 Cost Analysis
4.4.4.2 Hybrid Merge Join
4.4.5 Hash Join
4.4.5.1 Basics
4.4.5.2 Recursive Partitioning
4.4.5.3 Handling of Overflows
4.4.5.4 Cost of Hash Join
4.4.5.5 Hybrid Hash Join
4.4.6 Complex Joins
4.4.1 Nested-Loop Join
To compute the theta join
Figure 4.2: Nested-Loop Join
Relation r is called the outer relation and relation s the inner relation of the
join, since the loop for r encloses the loop for s.
The algorithm uses the notation tr · ts, where tr and ts are tuples; tr · ts denotes
the tuple constructed by concatenating the attribute values of tuples tr and ts
4.4.2 Block Nested-Loop Join
Block nested-loop join which is a variant of the nested-loop join where every
block of the inner relation is paired with every block of the outer relation.
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Figure 4.3: Blocked Nested-Loop Join
4.4.3 Indexed Nested-Loop Join
In a nested-loop join (Figure 4.2), if an index is available on the inner loop’s join
attribute, index lookups can replace file scans. For each tuple tr in the outer relation r,
the index is used to look up tuples in s that will satisfy the join condition with tuple tr.
This join method is called an indexed nested-loop join; it can be used with
existing indices, as well as with temporary indices created for the sole purpose of
evaluating the join.
4.4.4 Merge Join
The merge-join algorithm (also called the sort-merge-join algorithm) can be
used to compute natural joins and equi-joins.
Let r (R) and s(S) be the relations whose natural join is to be computed, and let
R ∩ S denote their common attributes.
Suppose that both relations are sorted on the attributes R ∩ S.
Then, their join can be computed by a process much like the merge stage in the
merge–sort algorithm.
4.4.4.1 Cost Analysis
The cost of merge join is:
br + bs block transfers + br / bb+ bs / bbseeks
+ the cost of sorting if relations are unsorted.
4.4.4.2 Hybrid Merge Join
If one relation is sorted, and the other has a secondary B+ tree index on the join
attribute
Merge the sorted relation with the leaf entries of the B+ tree.
Sort the result on the addresses of the unsorted relation’s tuples.
Scan the unsorted relation in physical address order and merge with previous
result, to replace addresses by the actual tuples.
Sequential scan more efficient than random lookup.
4.4.5 Hash Join
4.4.5.1 Basics
The idea behind the hash-join algorithm is this: Suppose that an r tuple and an s
tuple satisfy the join condition; then, they have the same value for the join
attributes.
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If that value is hashed to some value i, the r tuple has to be in ri and the s tuple in
si. Therefore, r tuples in ri need only to be compared with s tuples in si ; they do
not need to be compared with s tuples in any other partition.
4.4.5.2 Recursive Partitioning
Recursive partitioning required if number of partitions n is greater than
number of pages M of memory.
instead of partitioning n ways, use M – 1 partitions for s
Further partition the M – 1 partitions using a different hash function
Use same partitioning method on r
Rarely required: e.g., recursive partitioning not needed for relations of 1GB or
less with memory size of 2MB, with block size of 4KB.
4.4.5.3 Handling of Overflows
Hash table overflow occurs in partition si if si does not fit in memory. Reasons
could be
Many tuples in s with same value for join attributes
Bad hash function
Overflow resolution can be done in build phase
Partition si is further partitioned using different hash function.
Partition ri must be similarly partitioned.
Overflow avoidance performs partitioning carefully to avoid overflows during build
phase.
E.g. partition build relation into many partitions, then combine them.
Both approaches fail with large numbers of duplicates.
Fallback option: use block nested loops join on overflowed partitions.
4.4.5.4 Cost of Hash Join
If recursive partitioning is not required: cost of hash join is
3(br + bs) +4 * nh block transfers + 2( br / bb+ bs / bb) seeks
If recursive partitioning required:
number of passes required for partitioning build relation
s is logM–1(bs) – 1
best to choose the smaller relation as the build relation.
Total cost estimate is:
2(br + bs logM–1(bs) – 1+ br + bs block transfers +
2(br / bb+ bs / bb) logM–1(bs) – 1seeks
4.4.5.5 Hybrid Hash Join
Main feature of hybrid hash join:
Keep the first partition of the build relation in memory.
E.g. With memory size of 25 blocks, depositor can be partitioned into five
partitions, each of size 20 blocks.
Division of memory:
The first partition occupies 20 blocks of memory
1 block is used for input, and 1 block each for buffering the other 4 partitions.
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4.4.6 Complex Joins
Joins with complex join conditions, such as conjunctions and disjunctions, can be
implemented by using the efficient join techniques.
Join with a conjunctive condition:
We can compute the overall join by first computing the result of one of these
simpler joins each pair of tuples in the intermediate result consists of one
tuple from r and one from s.
A join whose condition is disjunctive can be computed in this way. Consider:
The join can be computed as the union of the records in individual joins
4.5 OTHER OPERATIONS
4.5.1 Duplicate Elimination
4.5.2 Projection
4.5.3 Set Operations
4.5.4 Outer Join
4.5.5 Aggregation
4.5.1 Duplicate Elimination
Duplicate elimination can be implemented via hashing or sorting.
On sorting duplicates will come adjacent to each other, and all but one set of
duplicates can be deleted.
Optimization: duplicates can be deleted during run generation as well as at
intermediate merge steps in external sort merge.
Hashing is similar – duplicates will come into the same bucket.
4.5.2 Projection
Perform projection on each tuple
Followed by duplicate elimination
4.5.3 Set Operations
Set operations (, and ): can either use variant of merge join after sorting,
or variant of hash join.
E.g., Set operations using hashing:
1. Partition both relations using the same hash function
2. Process each partition i as follows.
Using a different hashing function, build an in memory hash index on ri.
Process si as follows
r s:
1. Add tuples in si to the hash index if they are not already in it.
2. At end of si add the tuples in the hash index to the result.
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r s:
1. output tuples in si to the result if they are already there in the hash index.
r – s:
1. for each tuple in si, if it is there in the hash index, delete it from the index.
2. At end of si add remaining tuples in the hash index to the result.
4.5.4 Outer Join
Outer join can be computed either as
A join followed by addition of null-padded non participating tuples.
by modifying the join algorithms.
Modifying merge join to compute
In , non participating tuples are those in r-R( )
Modify merge join to compute : During merging, for every tuple tr from r
that do not match any tuple in s, output tr padded with nulls.
Right outer join and full outer join can be computed similarly.
Modifying hash join to compute
If r is probe relation, output non matching r tuples padded with nulls
If r is build relation, when probing keep track of which r tuples matched s tuples.
At end of si output non matched r tuples padded with nulls
4.5.5 Aggregation
Aggregation can be implemented in a manner similar to duplicate elimination.
Sorting or hashing can be used to bring tuples in the same group together, and then the
aggregate functions can be applied on each group.
Optimization: combine tuples in the same group during run generation and
intermediate merges, by computing partial aggregate values.
For count, min, max, sum: keep aggregate values on tuples found so far in the
group.
When combining partial aggregate for count, add up the aggregates.
For avg, keep sum and count, and divide sum by count at the end.
4.6 EVALUATION OF EXPRESSIONS
4.6.1 Materialization
4.6.2 Pipelining
4.6.2.1 Implementation of Pipelining
1. Demand-driven pipeline
2. Producer-driven pipeline
4.6.3 Evaluation Algorithms for Pipelining
4.6.1 Materialization
Materialization: generate results of an expression whose inputs are relations or are
already computed, materialize (store) it on disk.
Materialized evaluation: evaluate one operation at a time, starting at the lowest level.
Use intermediate results materialized into temporary relations to evaluate next level
operations.
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E.g., in figure below, compute and store then compute the store its join with customer,
and finally compute the projections on customername.
Figure 4.4: Relation
4.6.2 Pipelining
Pipelining: pass on tuples to parent operations even as an operation is being
executed.
Pipelined evaluation : evaluate several operations simultaneously, passing the
results of one operation on to the next.
E.g., in previous expression tree, don’t store result of
balance2500(account)
instead, pass tuples directly to the join. Similarly, don’t store result of join, pass
tuples directly to projection.
Much cheaper than materialization: no need to store a temporary relation
to disk.
Pipelining may not always be possible – e.g., sort, hash join.
For pipelining to be effective, use evaluation algorithms that generate output
tuples even as tuples are received for inputs to the operation.
4.6.2.1 Implementation of Pipelining
Pipelines can be executed in two ways: demand driven and producer driven.
1. Demand-driven pipeline
In demand driven or lazy evaluation,
system repeatedly requests next tuple from top level operation.
Each operation requests next tuple from children operations as required, in
order to output its next tuple.
In between calls, operation has to maintain “state” so it knows what to return
next.
2. Producer-driven pipeline
In producer-driven or eager pipelining
Operators produce tuples eagerly and pass them up to their parents.
Buffer maintained between operators, child puts tuples in buffer, parent
removes tuples from buffer.
if buffer is full, child waits till there is space in the buffer, and then generates
more tuples.
System schedules operations that have space in output buffer and can process
more input tuples.
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4.6.3 Evaluation Algorithms for Pipelining
Some algorithms are not able to output results even as they get input tuples
E.g. merge join, or hash join
intermediate results written to disk and then read back
Algorithm variants to generate (at least some) results on the fly, as input tuples
are read
E.g. hybrid hash join generates output tuples even as probe relation tuples
in the in memory partition (partition 0) are read
Pipelined join technique: Hybrid hash join, modified to buffer partition 0 tuples
of both relations in memory, reading them as they become available, and output
results of any matches between partition 0 tuples
When a new r0 tuple is found, match it with existing s0 tuples, output
matches, and save it in r0.
Symmetrically for s0 tuples.
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QUERY OPTIMIZATION
4.7 OVERVIEW
Alternative ways of evaluating a given query
1. Equivalent expressions
2. Different algorithms for each operation
Figure 4.5: Equivalent expressions
An evaluation plan defines exactly what algorithm is used for each operation,
and how the execution of the operations is coordinated.
Steps in cost based query optimization
1. Generate logically equivalent expressions using equivalence rules
2. Annotate resultant expressions to get alternative query plans
3. Choose the cheapest plan based on estimated cost
Estimation of plan cost based on:
Statistical information about relations. Examples:
number of tuples, number of distinct values for an attribute
Statistics estimation for intermediate results to compute cost of complex
expressions
Cost formulae for algorithms, computed using statistics
Figure 4.6: Evaluation Plan
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4.8 TRANSFORMATION OF RELATIONAL EXPRESSIONS
Two relational algebra expressions are said to be equivalent if the two
expressions generate the same set of tuples on every legal database instance.
Note: order of tuples is irrelevant
In SQL, inputs and outputs are multisets of tuples
Two expressions in the multiset version of the relational algebra are said to be
equivalent if the two expressions generate the same multiset of tuples on every legal
database instance.
An equivalence rule says that expressions of two forms are equivalent, Can
replace expression of first form by second, or vice versa.
We use θ, θ1, θ2 and so on to denote predicates, L1, L2, L3, and so on to denote
lists of attributes, and E, E1, E2, and so on to denote relational-algebra expressions.
A relation name r is simply a special case of a relational-algebra expression, and
can be used wherever E appears.
4.8.1 Equivalence Rules
4.8.2 Examples of Transformations
4.8.3 Join Ordering
4.8.4 Enumeration of Equivalent Expressions
4.8.1 Equivalence Rules
1. Conjunctive selection operations can be deconstructed into a sequence of individual
selections. This transformation is referred to as a cascade of σ.
2. Selection operations are commutative.
3. Only the final operations in a sequence of projection operations are needed; the
others can be omitted. This transformation can also be referred to as a cascade of π.
4. Selections can be combined with Cartesian products and theta joins.
This expression is just the definition of the theta join.
5. Theta-join operations are commutative.
6. a. Natural-join operations are associative.
b. Theta joins are associative in the following manner:
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7. The selection operation distributes over the theta-join operation under the following
two conditions:
a. It distributes when all the attributes in selection condition θ0 involve only the
attributes of one of the expressions (say, E1) being joined.
b. It distributes when selection condition θ1 involves only the attributes of E1
and θ2 involves only the attributes of E2.
8. The projection operation distributes over the theta-join operation under the
following conditions.
a. Let L1 and L2 be attributes of E1 and E2, respectively. Suppose that the join
condition θ involves only attributes in L1 ∪ L2. Then,
b. Consider a join E1 E2. Let L1 and L2 be sets of attributes from E1 and E2,
respectively. Let L3 be attributes of E1 that are involved in join condition θ, but are not
in L1 ∪ L2, and let L4 be attributes of E2 that are involved in join condition θ, but are not
in L1 ∪ L2. Then,
9. The set operations union and intersection are commutative.
Set difference is not commutative.
10. Set union and intersection are associative.
11. The selection operation distributes over the union, intersection, and set-difference
operations.
Similarly, the preceding equivalence, with − replaced with either ∪ or ∩, also holds.
Further:
The preceding equivalence, with − replaced by ∩, also holds, but does not hold if − is
replaced by ∪.
12. The projection operation distributes over the union operation.
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4.8.2 Examples of Transformations
The use of the equivalence rules is illustrated. We use our university example
with the relation schemas:
instructor(ID, name, dept name, salary)
teaches(ID, course id, sec id, semester, year)
course(course id, title, dept name, credits)
Figure 4.7: Multiple Transformations
4.8.3 Join Ordering
A good ordering of join operations is important for reducing the size of
temporary results; hence, most query optimizers pay a lot of attention to the join order.
The natural-join operation is associative. Thus, for all relations r1, r2, and r3:
There are other options to consider for evaluating our query. We do not care
about the order in which attributes appear in a join, since it is easy to change the order
before displaying the result. Thus, for all relations r1 and r2:
That is, natural join is commutative.
4.8.4 Enumeration of Equivalent Expressions
Query optimizers use equivalence rules to systematically generate expressions
equivalent to the given expression.
Can generate all equivalent expressions as follows:
Repeat
apply all applicable equivalence rules on every equivalent expression found so far
add newly generated expressions to the set of equivalent expressions
Until no new equivalent expressions are generated above
The above approach is very expensive in space and time
Optimized plan generation based on transformation rules
Special case approach for queries with only selections, projections and joins
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4.9 ESTIMATING STATISTICS OF EXPRESSION RESULTS
Some statistics about database relations that are stored in database-system
catalogs are listed, and then shown how to use the statistics to estimate statistics on the
results of various relational operations.
4.9.1 Catalog Information
4.9.2 Selection Size Estimation
4.9.3 Join Size Estimation
4.9.4 Size Estimation for Other Operations
4.9.5 Estimation of Number of Distinct Values
4.9.1 Catalog Information
The database-system catalog stores the following statistical information about
database relations:
nr , the number of tuples in the relation r.
br , the number of blocks containing tuples of relation r .
lr , the size of a tuple of relation r in bytes.
fr , the blocking factor of relation r—that is, the number of tuples of relation r
that fit into one block.
V(A, r ), the number of distinct values that appear in the relation r for attribute A.
This value is the same as the size of πA(r ). If A is a key for relation r , V(A, r ) is nr.
If we assume that the tuples of relation r are stored together physically in a file, the
following equation holds:
Histogram
For instance, most databases store the distribution of values for each attribute as
a histogram: in a histogram the values for the attribute are divided into a number of
ranges, and with each range the histogram associates the number of tuples whose
attribute value lies in that range.
Figure 4.8: Example of Histogram
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4.9.2 Selection Size Estimation
A=v(r)
nr / V(A,r) : number of records that will satisfy the selection.
Equality condition on a key attribute: size estimate = 1
AV (r) (case of A V (r) is symmetric)
Let c denote the estimated number of tuples satisfying the condition.
If min(A,r) and max(A,r) are available in catalog
c = 0 if v < min(A,r)
Else c is equal to
If histograms available, can refine above estimate
In absence of statistical information c is assumed to be nr / 2.
Size Estimation of Complex Selections
The selectivity of a condition θi is the probability that a tuple in the relation r
satisfies θi .
If si is the number of satisfying tuples in r, the selectivity of θi is given by si /nr.
Conjunction
The number of tuples in the full selection is estimated as:
Disjunction
A disjunctive condition is satisfied by the union of all records satisfying the
individual, simple conditions θi .
The probability that the tuple will satisfy the disjunction is then 1 minus the
probability that it will satisfy none of the conditions:
4.9.3 Join Size Estimation
Let r (R) and s(S) be relations.
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4.9.4 Size Estimation for Other Operations
Set operations: If the two inputs to a set operation are selections on the same
relation, we can rewrite the set operation as disjunctions, conjunctions, or
negations. For example, can be rewritten as .
4.9.5 Estimation of Number of Distinct Values
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4.10 CHOICE OF EVALUATION PLAN
A cost-based optimizer explores the space of all query-evaluation plans that are
equivalent to the given query, and chooses the one with the least estimated cost.
4.10.1 Cost-Based Join Order Selection
4.10.2 Cost-Based Optimization with Equivalence Rules
4.10.3 Heuristics in Optimization
4.10.4 Optimizing Nested Sub queries
4.10.1 Cost-Based Join Order Selection
For a complex join query, the number of different query plans that are equivalent
to the query can be large. As an illustration, consider the expression:
where the joins are expressed without any ordering. With n = 3, there are 12 different
join orderings:
4.10.2 Cost-Based Optimization with Equivalence Rules
To make the approach work efficiently requires the following:
1. A space-efficient representation of expressions that avoids making multiple copies of
the same sub expressions when equivalence rules are applied.
2. Efficient techniques for detecting duplicate derivations of the same expression.
3. A form of dynamic programming based on memoization, which stores the optimal
query evaluation plan for a sub expression when it is optimized for the first time;
subsequent requests to optimize the same sub expression are handled by returning the
already memoized plan.
4. Techniques that avoid generating all possible equivalent plans, by keeping track of
the cheapest plan generated for any sub expression up to any point of time, and pruning
away any plan that is more expensive than the cheapest plan found so far for that sub
expression.
4.10.3 Heuristics in Optimization
A drawback of cost-based optimization is the cost of optimization itself.
Although the cost of query optimization can be reduced by clever algorithms, the
number of different evaluation plans for a query can be very large, and finding
the optimal plan from this set requires a lot of computational effort.
Hence, optimizers use heuristics to reduce the cost of optimization.
An example of a heuristic rule is the following rule for transforming relational
algebra queries:
Perform selection operations as early as possible.
Perform projections early.
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4.10.4 Optimizing Nested Sub queries
For instance, suppose we have the following query, to find the names of all
instructors who taught a course in 2007:
As an example of transforming a nested sub query into a join, the query in the
preceding example can be rewritten as:
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TRANSACTION
4.11 TRANSACTION CONCEPT
A transaction is a unit of program execution that accesses and possibly updates
various data items.
E.g. transaction to transfer $50 from account A to account B:
1. read(A)
2. A := A – 50
3. write(A)
4. read(B)
5. B := B + 50
6. write(B)
Two main issues to deal with:
Failures of various kinds, such as hardware failures and system crashes.
Concurrent execution of multiple transactions.
Properties of the Transactions (ACID Properties):
Atomicity. Either all operations of the transaction are reflected properly in the
database, or none are.
Consistency. Execution of a transaction in isolation (that is, with no other transaction
executing concurrently) preserves the consistency of the database.
Isolation. Even though multiple transactions may execute concurrently, the system
guarantees that, for every pair of transactions Ti and Tj , it appears to Ti that either Tj
finished execution before Ti started or Tj started execution after Ti finished. Thus, each
transaction is unaware of other transactions executing
concurrently in the system.
Durability. After a transaction completes successfully, the changes it has made to the
database persist, even if there are system failures.
4.12 A SIMPLE TRANSACTION MODEL
Transactions access data using two operations:
read(X), which transfers the data item X from the database to a variable, also
called X, in a buffer in main memory belonging to the transaction that executed
the read operation.
write(X), which transfers the value in the variable X in the main-memory buffer
of the transaction that executed the write to the data item X in the database.
Atomicity requirement
If the transaction fails after step 3 and before step 6, money will be “lost” leading
to an inconsistent database state.
Failure could be due to software or hardware
The system should ensure that updates of a partially executed transaction are
not reflected in the database.
Consistency requirement
In above example: the sum of A and B is unchanged by the execution of the
transaction.
A transaction must see a consistent database.
During transaction execution the database may be temporarily inconsistent.
When the transaction completes successfully the database must be consistent.
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Isolation requirement
If between steps 3 and 6, another transaction T2 is allowed to access the partially
updated database, it will see an inconsistent database
T1 T2
1. read(A)
2. A := A – 50
3. write(A)
read(A), read(B), print(A+B)
4. read(B)
5. B := B + 50
6. write(B)
Durability requirement
Once the user has been notified that the transaction has completed (i.e., the
transfer of the $50 has taken place), the updates to the database by the transaction must
persist even if there are software or hardware failures.
4.13 STORAGE STRUCTURE
1. Volatile storage
Information residing in volatile storage does not usually survive system crashes.
Examples of such storage are main memory and cache memory.
Access to volatile storage is extremely fast, both because of the speed of the
memory access itself, and because it is possible to access any data item in volatile
storage directly.
2. Non-volatile storage
Information residing in non-volatile storage survives system crashes.
Examples of non-volatile storage include secondary storage devices such as
magnetic disk and flash storage, used for online storage, and tertiary storage
devices such as optical media, and magnetic tapes, used for archival storage.
At the current state of technology, non-volatile storage is slower than volatile
storage, particularly for random access. Both secondary and tertiary storage
devices, however, are susceptible to failure which may result in loss of
information.
3. Stable storage
Information residing in stable storage is never lost (never should be taken with a
grain of salt, since theoretically never cannot be guaranteed—for example, it is
possible, although extremely unlikely, that a black hole may envelop the earth
and permanently destroy all data!).
Although stable storage is theoretically impossible to obtain, it can be closely
approximated by techniques that make data loss extremely unlikely.
To implement stable storage, we replicate the information in several non-volatile
storage media (usually disk) with independent failure modes.
Updates must be done with care to ensure that a failure during an update to
stable storage does not cause a loss of information.
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4.14 TRANSACTION ATOMICITY AND DURABILITY
A transaction may not always complete its execution successfully. Such a
transaction is termed aborted.
Once the changes caused by an aborted transaction have been undone, we say
that the transaction has been rolled back.
It is part of the responsibility of the recovery scheme to manage transaction
aborts. This is done typically by maintaining a log.
A transaction that completes its execution successfully is said to be committed.
Once a transaction has committed, we cannot undo its effects by aborting it. The
only way to undo the effects of a committed transaction is to execute a
compensating transaction.
States of a Transaction
Active, the initial state; the transaction stays in this state while it is executing.
Partially committed, after the final statement has been executed.
Failed, after the discovery that normal execution can no longer proceed.
Aborted, after the transaction has been rolled back and the database has been
restored to its state prior to the start of the transaction.
Committed, after successful completion.
Figure 4.9: State Diagram of a Transaction
A transaction enters the failed state after the system determines that the
transaction can no longer proceed with its normal execution (for example, because of
hardware or logical errors). Such a transaction must be rolled back. Then, it enters the
aborted state. At this point, the system has two options:
It can restart the transaction, but only if the transaction was aborted as a result
of some hardware or software error that was not created through the internal
logic of the transaction. A restarted transaction is considered to be a new
transaction.
It can kill the transaction. It usually does so because of some internal logical
error that can be corrected only by rewriting the application program, or
because the input was bad, or because the desired data were not found in the
database.
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4.15 TRANSACTION ISOLATION
Transaction-processing systems usually allow multiple transactions to run
concurrently.
Allowing multiple transactions to update data concurrently causes several
complications with consistency of the data.
There are two good reasons for allowing concurrency:
Improved throughput and resource utilization.
Reduced waiting time
Transaction T1 transfers $50 from account A to account B. It is defined as:
T1: read(A);
A := A − 50;
write(A);
read(B);
B := B + 50;
write(B).
Transaction T2 transfers 10 percent of the balance from account A to account B. It is
defined as:
T2: read(A);
temp := A * 0.1;
A := A − temp;
write(A);
read(B);
B := B + temp;
write(B).
Figure 4.10 Schedule 1—a serial schedule in which T1 is followed by T2.
Similarly, if the transactions are executed one at a time in the order T2 followed
by T1, then the corresponding execution sequence is that of Figure 4.11
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Figure 4.11 Schedule 2—a serial schedule in which T2 is followed by T1.
Figure 4.12 Schedule 3—a concurrent schedule equivalent to schedule 1.
Figure 4.13 Schedule 4—a concurrent schedule resulting in an inconsistent state.
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4.16 SERIALIZABILITY
Let us consider a schedule S in which there are two consecutive instructions, I
and J , of transactions Ti and Tj , respectively (i ≠ j).
If I and J refer to different data items, then we can swap I and J without affecting
the results of any instruction in the schedule.
However, if I and J refer to the same data item Q, then the order of the two steps
may matter.
Since we are dealing with only read and write instructions, there are four cases
that we need to consider:
1. I = read(Q), J = read(Q). I and J don't conflict
2. I = read(Q), J = write(Q). They conflict
3. I = write(Q), J = read(Q). They conflict
4. I = write(Q), J = write(Q). They conflict
Figure 4.14 Schedule 6—a serial schedule that is equivalent to schedule 3.
Note that schedule 6 is exactly the same as schedule 1, but it shows only the read
and write instructions. Thus, we have shown that schedule 3 is equivalent to a serial
schedule. This equivalence implies that, regardless of the initial system state, schedule 3
will produce the same final state as will some serial schedule. If a schedule S can be
transformed into a schedule S' by a series of swaps of non-conflicting instructions, we
say that S and S' are conflict equivalent.
Figure 4.15 Schedule 7.
It consists of only the significant operations (that is, the read and write) of
transactions T3 and T4. This schedule is not conflict serializable, since it is not
equivalent to either the serial schedule <T3,T4> or the serial schedule <T4,T3>
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Figure 4.16 Schedule 8
View Serializability
Let S and S' be two schedules with the same set of transactions. S and S' are view
equivalent if the following three conditions are met, for each data item Q,
1. If in schedule S, transaction Ti reads the initial value of Q, then in schedule S' also
transaction Ti must read the initial value of Q.
2. If in schedule S transaction Ti executes read(Q), and that value was produced by
transaction Tj (if any), then in schedule S’ also transaction Ti must read the value of Q
that was produced by the same write(Q) operation of transaction Tj .
3. The transaction (if any) that performs the final write(Q) operation in schedule S must
also perform the final write(Q) operation in schedule S’.
4.17 TRANSACTION ISOLATION AND ATOMICITY
If a transaction Ti fails, for whatever reason, we need to undo the effect of this
transaction to ensure the atomicity property of the transaction.
In a system that allows concurrent execution, the atomicity property requires
that any transaction.
Tj that is dependent on Ti (that is, Tj has read data written by Ti) is also aborted.
To achieve this, we need to place restrictions on the type of schedules permitted
in the system.
4.17.1 Recoverable Schedules
4.17.2 Cascadeless Schedules
4.17.1 Recoverable Schedules
A recoverable schedule is one where, for each pair of transactions Ti and Tj
such that Tj reads a data item previously written by Ti , the commit operation of
Ti appears before the commit operation of Tj .
For the example of schedule 9 to be recoverable, T7 would have to delay
committing until after T6 commits.
Figure 4.17 Schedule 9, a nonrecoverable schedule.
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4.17.2 Cascadeless Schedules
Figure 4.18 Schedule 10.
Transaction T8 writes a value of A that is read by transaction T9.
Transaction T9 writes a value of A that is read by transaction T10.
Suppose that, at this point, T8 fails. T8 must be rolled back.
Since T9 is dependent on T8, T9 must be rolled back.
Since T10 is dependent on T9, T10 must be rolled back.
This phenomenon, in which a single transaction failure leads to a series of
transaction rollbacks, is called cascading rollback.
Formally, a cascadeless schedule is one where, for each pair of transactions Ti
and Tj such that Tj reads a data item previously written by Ti , the commit operation of
Ti appears before the read operation of Tj . It is easy to verify that every cascadeless
schedule is also recoverable.
4.18 TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVELS
The isolation levels specified by the SQL standard are as follows:
Serializable usually ensures serializable execution. However, as we shall explain
shortly, some database systems implement this isolation level in a manner that
may, in certain cases, allow nonserializable executions.
Repeatable read allows only committed data to be read and further requires
that, between two reads of a data item by a transaction, no other transaction is
allowed to update it. However, the transaction may not be serializable with
respect to other transactions. For instance, when it is searching for data
satisfying some conditions, a transaction may find some of the data inserted by a
committed transaction, but may not find other data inserted by the same
transaction.
Read committed allows only committed data to be read, but does not require
repeatable reads. For instance, between two reads of a data item by the
transaction, another transaction may have updated the data item and committed.
Read uncommitted allows uncommitted data to be read. It is the lowest
isolation level allowed by SQL.
All the isolation levels above additionally disallow dirty writes, that is, they
disallow writes to a data item that has already been written by another transaction that
has not yet committed or aborted.
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4.19 IMPLEMENTATION OF ISOLATION LEVELS
4.19.1 Locking
4.19.2 Timestamps
4.19.3 Multiple Versions and Snapshot Isolation
4.19.1 Locking
Instead of locking the entire database, a transaction could, instead, lock only
those data items that it accesses. Under such a policy, the transaction must hold locks
long enough to ensure serializability, but for a period short enough not to harm
performance excessively.
4.19.2 Timestamps
Another category of techniques for the implementation of isolation assigns each
transaction a timestamp, typically when it begins.
For each data item, the system keeps two timestamps. The read timestamp of a
data item holds the largest (that is, the most recent) timestamp of those
transactions that read the data item.
The write timestamp of a data item holds the timestamp of the transaction that
wrote the current value of the data item.
Timestamps are used to ensure that transactions access each data item in order
of the transactions’ timestamps if their accesses conflict.
When this is not possible, offending transactions are aborted and restarted with
a new timestamp.
4.19.3 Multiple Versions and Snapshot Isolation
Multiple Versions:
By maintaining more than one version of a data item, it is possible to allow a
transaction to read an old version of a data item rather than a newer version written by
an uncommitted transaction or by a transaction that should come later in the
serialization order.
Snapshot Isolation
In snapshot isolation, we can imagine that each transaction is given its own
version, or snapshot, of the database when it begins.
It reads data from this private version and is thus isolated from the updates
made by other transactions.
If the transaction updates the database, that update appears only in its own
version, not in the actual database itself.
Information about these updates is saved so that the updates can be applied to
the “real” database if the transaction commits.
Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server offer the option of snapshot isolation.
4.20 Transactions as SQL Statements
Consider the following SQL query on our university database that finds all
instructors who earn more than $90,000.
30. Dept of CSE | III YEAR | V SEMESTER CS T53 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | UNIT 4
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Using our sample instructor relation (Appendix A.3), we find that only Einstein
and Brandt satisfy the condition.
Now assume that around the same time we are running our query, another user
inserts a new instructor named “James” whose salary is $100,000.
insert into instructor values (’11111’, ’James’, ’Marketing’, 100000);
The result of our query will be different depending on whether this insert comes
before or after our query is run.
In a concurrent execution of these transactions, it is intuitively clear that they
conflict, but this is a conflict not captured by our simple model.
This situation is referred to as the phantom phenomenon, because a conflict
may exist on “phantom” data.
Let us consider again the query:
select ID, name from instructor where salary> 90000;
and the following SQL update:
update instructor set salary = salary * 0.9 where name = ’Wu’;
We now face an interesting situation in determining whether our query conflicts
with the update statement.
If our query reads the entire instructor relation, then it reads the tuple with Wu’s
data and conflicts with the update.
However, if an index were available that allowed our query direct access to those
tuples with salary > 90000, then our query would not have accessed Wu’s data at
all because Wu’s salary is initially $90,000 in our example instructor relation,
and reduces to $81,000 after the update.
In our example query above, the predicate is “salary > 90000”, and an update of
Wu’s salary from $90,000 to a value greater than $90,000, or an update of
Einstein’s salary from a value greater than $90,000 to a value less than or equal
to $90,000, would conflict with this predicate.
Locking based on this idea is called predicate locking; however predicate
locking is expensive, and not used in practice.