Ch14

Chapter 14: Query Optimization

Database System Concepts 5th Ed.
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Chapter 14: Query Optimization
s Introduction
s Transformation of Relational Expressions
s Catalog Information for Cost Estimation
s Statistical Information for Cost Estimation
s Costbased optimization
s Dynamic Programming for Choosing Evaluation Plans
s Materialized views

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Introduction
s Alternative ways of evaluating a given query
q Equivalent expressions
q Different algorithms for each operation


Introduction (Cont.)
s An evaluation plan defines exactly what algorithm is used for each
operation, and how the execution of the operations is coordinated.


Introduction (Cont.)

s Cost difference between evaluation plans for a query can be enormous
q E.g. seconds vs. days in some cases
s Steps in costbased 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
s Estimation of plan cost based on:
q Statistical information about relations. Examples:
 number of tuples, number of distinct values for an attribute
q Statistics estimation for intermediate results
 to compute cost of complex expressions
q Cost formulae for algorithms, computed using statistics


Generating Equivalent Expressions


Transformation of Relational Expressions

s Two relational algebra expressions are said to be equivalent if the
two expressions generate the same set of tuples on every legal
database instance
q Note: order of tuples is irrelevant
s In SQL, inputs and outputs are multisets of tuples
q 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.
s An equivalence rule says that expressions of two forms are
equivalent
q Can replace expression of first form by second, or vice versa


Equivalence Rules
1. Conjunctive selection operations can be deconstructed into a
sequence of individual selections.
σ θ1 ∧θ 2 ( E ) = σ θ1 (σ θ 2 ( E ))
2. Selection operations are commutative.
σ θ1 (σ θ 2 ( E )) = σ θ 2 (σ θ1 ( E ))
3. Only the last in a sequence of projection operations is needed, the
others can be omitted.
Π L1 (Π L2 ( (Π Ln ( E )) )) = Π L1 ( E )
4. Selections can be combined with Cartesian products and theta joins.
α. σθ(E1 X E2) =  E1     θ E2
β. σθ1(E1     θ2 E2) =  E1     θ1∧ θ2 E2


Equivalence Rules (Cont.)
5. Thetajoin operations (and natural joins) are commutative.
E1      θ  E2 = E2     θ  E1
6. (a) Natural join operations are associative:
(E1      E2)    E3 = E1      (E2     E3)

(b) Theta joins are associative in the following manner:

(E1       θ1 E2)     θ2∧ θ3 E3 = E1        θ1∧ θ3 (E2     θ2 E3)

     where θ2 involves attributes from only E2 and E3.


Pictorial Depiction of Equivalence Rules


7. The selection operation distributes over the theta join operation under
the following two conditions:
(a)  When all the attributes in θ0  involve only the attributes of one
       of the expressions (E1) being joined.

                σθ0(E1     θ E2) = (σθ0(E1))    θ E2

(b) When θ 1 involves only the attributes of E1 and θ2  involves
      only the attributes of E2.
                  σθ1∧θ2 (E1    θ E2) =  (σθ1(E1))    θ (σθ2 (E2))


8. The projection operation distributes over the theta join operation as
follows:
(a) if θ involves only attributes from L1 ∪ L2:
∏ L1 ∪L2 ( E1 θ E2 ) = (∏ L1 ( E1 )) θ (∏ L2 ( E2 ))
(b) Consider a join E1      θ E2.
q Let L1 and L2 be sets of attributes from E1 and E2, respectively.
q Let L3 be attributes of E1 that are involved in join condition θ, but are
not in L1 ∪ L2, and
q let L4 be attributes of E2 that are involved in join condition θ, but are
not in L1 ∪ L2.
∏ L ∪ L ( E1
1 2 θ E2 ) = ∏ L ∪ L ((∏ L ∪ L ( E1 ))
1 2 1 3 θ (∏ L ∪L ( E2 )))
2 4


1. The set operations union and intersection are commutative
E1 ∪ E2  = E2 ∪ E1
E1 ∩ E2  = E2 ∩ E1
s (set difference is not commutative).
2. Set union and intersection are associative.
                 (E1 ∪ E2) ∪ E3 = E1 ∪ (E2 ∪ E3)
              (E1 ∩ E2) ∩ E3 = E1 ∩ (E2 ∩ E3)
4. The selection operation distributes over ∪, ∩ and –.
                  σθ (E1  –  E2) = σθ (E1) –  σθ(E2)
                     and similarly for ∪ and ∩ in place of  –
Also:           σθ (E1  –  E2) = σθ(E1) –  E2
                          and similarly for ∩ in place of  –, but not for ∪
12. The projection operation distributes over union
                       ΠL(E1 ∪ E2) = (ΠL(E1)) ∪ (ΠL(E2))


Transformation Example: Pushing Selections

s Query:  Find the names of all customers who have an account at
some branch located in Brooklyn.
Πcustomer_name(σbranch_city = “Brooklyn”
(branch     (account      depositor)))
s Transformation using rule 7a.
Πcustomer_name
                  ((σbranch_city =“Brooklyn” (branch))
(account      depositor))
s Performing the selection as early as possible reduces the size of the
relation to be joined.


Example with Multiple Transformations

s Query:  Find the names of all customers with an account at a
Brooklyn branch whose account balance is over $1000.
Πcustomer_name((σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” ∧  balance > 1000
                       (branch     (account      depositor)))
s Transformation using join associatively (Rule 6a):
Πcustomer_name((σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” ∧  balance > 1000
                       (branch     account))      depositor)
s Second form provides an opportunity to apply the “perform
selections early” rule, resulting in the subexpression
           σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” (branch)     σ balance > 1000 (account)
s Thus a sequence of transformations can be useful


Multiple Transformations (Cont.)


Transformation Example: Pushing Projections

Πcustomer_name((σbranch_city = “Brooklyn”  (branch)     account)     depositor)

s When we compute

(σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” (branch)    account )

we obtain a relation whose schema is:
(branch_name, branch_city, assets, account_number, balance)
s Push projections using equivalence rules 8a and 8b; eliminate unneeded
attributes from intermediate results to get:
Πcustomer_name ((
    Πaccount_number ( (σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” (branch)     account ))
                                             depositor )
s Performing the projection as early as possible reduces the size of the
relation to be joined.


Join Ordering Example
s For all relations r1, r2, and r3,

(r1    r2)    r3  = r1    (r2    r3 )
(Join Associativity)
s If r2    r3  is quite large and r1    r2 is small, we choose

(r1    r2)    r3
so that we compute and store a smaller temporary relation.


Join Ordering Example (Cont.)
s Consider the expression
Πcustomer_name  ((σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” (branch))
                                        (account     depositor))
s Could compute   account     depositor   first, and join result with
σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” (branch)
but   account     depositor   is likely to be a large relation.
s Only a small fraction of the bank’s customers are likely to have
accounts in branches located in Brooklyn
q it is better to compute
σbranch_city = “Brooklyn” (branch)    account
       first.


Enumeration of Equivalent Expressions

s Query optimizers use equivalence rules to systematically generate
expressions equivalent to the given expression
s Can generate all equivalent expressions as follows:
q 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
s The above approach is very expensive in space and time
q Two approaches
 Optimized plan generation based on transformation rules
 Special case approach for queries with only selections, projections
and joins


Implementing Transformation Based
Optimization
s Space requirements reduced by sharing common subexpressions:
q when E1 is generated from E2 by an equivalence rule, usually only the top
level of the two are different, subtrees below are the same and can be
shared using pointers
 E.g. when applying join commutativity

E1 E2

q Same subexpression may get generated multiple times
 Detect duplicate subexpressions and share one copy
s Time requirements are reduced by not generating all expressions
q Dynamic programming
 We will study only the special case of dynamic programming for join
order optimization


Cost Estimation
s Cost of each operator computer as described in Chapter 13
q Need statistics of input relations
 E.g. number of tuples, sizes of tuples
s Inputs can be results of subexpressions
q Need to estimate statistics of expression results
q To do so, we require additional statistics
 E.g. number of distinct values for an attribute
s More on cost estimation later


Choice of Evaluation Plans
s Must consider the interaction of evaluation techniques when choosing
evaluation plans
q choosing the cheapest algorithm for each operation independently
may not yield best overall algorithm. E.g.
 mergejoin may be costlier than hashjoin, but may provide a
sorted output which reduces the cost for an outer level
aggregation.
 nestedloop join may provide opportunity for pipelining
s Practical query optimizers incorporate elements of the following two
broad approaches:
1. Search all the plans and choose the best plan in a
costbased fashion.
2. Uses heuristics to choose a plan.


CostBased Optimization
s Consider finding the best joinorder for r1    r2      . . . rn.
s There are (2(n – 1))!/(n – 1)! different join orders for above expression.
With n = 7, the number is 665280, with n = 10, the number is greater
than 176 billion!
s No need to generate all the join orders.  Using dynamic programming,
the leastcost join order for any subset of
{r1, r2, . . . rn} is computed only once and stored for future use.


Dynamic Programming in Optimization

s To find best join tree for a set of n relations:
q To find best plan for a set S of n relations, consider all possible
plans of the form:  S1     (S – S1) where S1 is any nonempty subset
of S.
q Recursively compute costs for joining subsets of S to find the cost
of each plan.  Choose the cheapest of the 2n – 1 alternatives.
q Base case for recursion:  single relation access plan
 Apply all selections on Ri using best choice of indices on Ri
q When plan for any subset is computed, store it and reuse it when it
is required again, instead of recomputing it
 Dynamic programming


Join Order Optimization Algorithm
procedure findbestplan(S)
if (bestplan[S].cost ≠ ∞)
return bestplan[S]
// else bestplan[S] has not been computed earlier, compute it now
if (S contains only 1 relation)
         set bestplan[S].plan and bestplan[S].cost based on the best way
         of accessing S  /* Using selections on S and indices on S */
     else for each nonempty subset S1 of S such that S1 ≠ S
P1= findbestplan(S1)
P2= findbestplan(S S1)
A = best algorithm for joining results of P1 and P2
cost = P1.cost + P2.cost + cost of A
if cost < bestplan[S].cost
bestplan[S].cost = cost
bestplan[S].plan = “execute P1.plan; execute P2.plan;
     join results of P1 and P2 using A”
return bestplan[S]


Left Deep Join Trees
s In leftdeep join trees, the righthandside input for each join is
a relation, not the result of an intermediate join.


Cost of Optimization
s With dynamic programming time complexity of optimization with bushy
trees is O(3n).
q With n = 10, this number is 59000 instead of 176 billion!
s Space complexity is O(2n)
s To find best leftdeep join tree for a set of n relations:
q Consider n alternatives with one relation as righthand side input and
the other relations as lefthand side input.
q Modify optimization algorithm:
 Replace “for each nonempty subset S1 of S such that S1 ≠ S”
 By:   for each relation r in S
               let S1 = S – r .
s If only leftdeep trees are considered, time complexity of finding best join
order is O(n 2n)
q Space complexity remains at O(2n)
s Costbased optimization is expensive, but worthwhile for queries on
large datasets (typical queries have small n, generally < 10)


Interesting Sort Orders

s Consider the expression (r1     r2)     r3     (with A as common attribute)
s An interesting sort order  is a particular sort order of tuples that could
be useful for a later operation
q Using mergejoin to compute r1     r2   may be costlier than hash join
but generates result sorted on A
q Which in turn may make mergejoin with r3 cheaper, which may
reduce cost of join with r3 and minimizing overall cost
q Sort order may also be useful for order by and for grouping
s Not sufficient to find the best join order for each subset of the set of n
given relations
q must find the best join order for each subset, for each interesting sort
order
q Simple extension of earlier dynamic programming algorithms
q Usually, number of interesting orders is quite small and doesn’t affect
time/space complexity significantly


Heuristic Optimization
s Costbased optimization is expensive, even with dynamic programming.
s Systems may use heuristics to reduce the number of choices that must
be made in a costbased fashion.
s Heuristic optimization transforms the querytree by using a set of rules
that typically (but not in all cases) improve execution performance:
q Perform selection early (reduces the number of tuples)
q Perform projection early (reduces the number of attributes)
q Perform most restrictive selection and join operations (i.e. with
smallest result size) before other similar operations.
q Some systems use only heuristics, others combine heuristics with
partial costbased optimization.


Structure of Query Optimizers
s Many optimizers considers only leftdeep join orders.
q Plus heuristics to push selections and projections down the query
tree
q Reduces optimization complexity and generates plans amenable to
pipelined evaluation.
s Heuristic optimization used in some versions of Oracle:
q Repeatedly pick “best” relation to join next
 Starting from each of n starting points. Pick best among these
s Intricacies of SQL complicate query optimization
q E.g. nested subqueries


Structure of Query Optimizers (Cont.)
s Some query optimizers integrate heuristic selection and the
generation of alternative access plans.
q Frequently used approach
 heuristic rewriting of nested block structure and aggregation
 followed by costbased joinorder optimization for each block
q Some optimizers (e.g. SQL Server) apply transformations to
entire query and do not depend on block structure
s Even with the use of heuristics, costbased query optimization
imposes a substantial overhead.
q But is worth it for expensive queries
q Optimizers often use simple heuristics for very cheap queries,
and perform exhaustive enumeration for more expensive queries


Statistics for Cost Estimation


Statistical Information for Cost Estimation

s nr: number of tuples in a relation r.

s br: number of blocks containing tuples of r.

s lr: size of a tuple of r.

s fr: blocking factor of r — i.e., the number of tuples of r that fit into one block.
s V(A, r): number of distinct values that appear in r for attribute A; same as
the size of ∏A(r).
s If tuples of r are stored together physically in a file, then:
nr 

br = 

fr 

 


Histograms
s Histogram on attribute age of relation person

s Equiwidth histograms
s Equidepth histograms


Selection Size Estimation
s σA=v(r)
 nr / V(A,r) : number of records that will satisfy the selection
 Equality condition on a key attribute: size estimate = 1
s σA≤V(r) (case of σA ≥ V(r) is symmetric)
q Let c denote the estimated number of tuples satisfying the condition.
q If min(A,r) and max(A,r) are available in catalog
 c = 0 if v < min(A,r)
v − min( A, r )
nr .
 c = max( A, r ) − min( A, r )

q If histograms available, can refine above estimate
q In absence of statistical information c is assumed to be nr / 2.


Size Estimation of Complex Selections

s The selectivity of a condition θi is the probability that a tuple in the
relation r satisfies θi .
q If si  is the number of satisfying tuples in r, the selectivity of  θi is
given by si /nr.

s Conjunction:  σθ1∧ θ2∧. . . ∧ θn (r).  Assuming indepdence, estimate of
s1 ∗ s2 ∗ . . . ∗ sn
nr ∗
nrn
tuples in the result is:

s  s s
s Disjunction:σ 1∨ ∗ ∨. . . ∨ (1(r).   Estimated number of tuples:

θ nr θ2 1 − θn − 1 ) ∗ (1 − 2 ) ∗ ... ∗ (1 − n ) 
 
 nr nr nr 

s Negation:  σ¬θ(r).  Estimated number of tuples:
nr – size(σθ(r))


Join Operation:  Running Example
Running example:
depositor     customer
Catalog information for join examples:
s ncustomer = 10,000.

s fcustomer  = 25, which implies that
bcustomer =10000/25 = 400.
s ndepositor = 5000.

s fdepositor   = 50, which implies that
bdepositor = 5000/50 = 100.
s V(customer_name, depositor) = 2500, which implies that , on
average, each customer has two accounts.
q Also assume that customer_name in depositor is a foreign key
on customer.
q V(customer_name, customer) = 10000 (primary key!)


Estimation of the Size of Joins
s The Cartesian product r  x s contains nr .ns tuples; each tuple occupies
sr + ss bytes.
s If R ∩ S = ∅, then r     s is the same as r  x s.
s If R ∩ S is a key for R, then a tuple of s will join with at most one tuple
from r
q therefore, the number of tuples in r     s is no greater than the
number of tuples in s.
s If R ∩ S in S is a foreign key in S referencing R, then the number of
tuples in r     s is exactly the same as the number of tuples in s.
 The case for R ∩ S being a foreign key referencing S is
symmetric.
s In the example query depositor     customer, customer_name in
depositor is a foreign key of customer
q hence, the result has exactly ndepositor tuples, which is 5000


Estimation of the Size of Joins (Cont.)
s If R ∩ S = {A} is not a key for R or S.
If we assume that every tuple t in R produces tuples in R    S, the
number of tuples in R     S is estimated to be:
nr ∗ ns
V ( A, s )
If the reverse is true, the estimate obtained will be:

nr ∗ ns
V ( A, r )
The lower of these two estimates is probably the more accurate one.
s Can improve on above if histograms are available
q Use formula similar to above, for each cell of histograms on the
two relations


Estimation of the Size of Joins (Cont.)

s Compute the size estimates for depositor customer without using
information about foreign keys:
q V(customer_name, depositor) = 2500, and
V(customer_name, customer) = 10000
q The two estimates are 5000 * 10000/2500 20,000 and 5000 *
10000/10000 = 5000
q We choose the lower estimate, which in this case, is the same as
our earlier computation using foreign keys.


Size Estimation for Other Operations
s Projection:  estimated size of ∏A(r)   =   V(A,r)

s Aggregation : estimated size of AgF(r)   = V(A,r)
s Set operations
q For unions/intersections of selections on the same relation:
rewrite and use size estimate for selections
 E.g. σθ1 (r) ∪ σθ2 (r)  can be rewritten as σθ1 σθ2 (r)
q For operations on different relations:
 estimated size of r ∪ s  = size of r + size of s.
 estimated size of r ∩ s  = minimum size of r and size of s.
 estimated size of r – s   = r.
 All the three estimates may be quite inaccurate, but provide
upper bounds on the sizes.


Size Estimation (Cont.)
s Outer join:
q Estimated size of r        s  = size of  r      s  + size of r
 Case of right outer join is symmetric
q Estimated size of r          s  = size of r      s + size of r + size of s


Estimation of Number of Distinct Values

Selections: σθ (r)
s If θ forces A to take a specified value: V(A,σθ (r)) = 1.
 e.g., A = 3
s If θ forces A to take on one of a specified set of values:
V(A,σθ (r)) = number of specified values.
 (e.g., (A = 1 V A = 3 V A = 4 )),
s If the selection condition θ is of the form A op r
estimated V(A,σθ (r)) = V(A.r) * s
 where s is the selectivity of the selection.
s In all the other cases: use approximate estimate of
min(V(A,r), nσθ (r) )
q More accurate estimate can be got using probability theory, but
this one works fine generally


Estimation of Distinct Values (Cont.)
Joins: r      s

s If all attributes in A are from r

     estimated  V(A, r     s) = min (V(A,r), n r    s)

s If A contains attributes A1 from r and A2 from s, then estimated

V(A,r     s) =
min(V(A1,r)*V(A2 – A1,s), V(A1 – A2,r)*V(A2,s), nr     s)

q More accurate estimate can be got using probability theory, but
this one works fine generally


Estimation of Distinct Values (Cont.)
s Estimation of distinct values are straightforward for projections.
q They are the same in ∏A (r) as in r.
s The same holds for grouping attributes of aggregation.
s For aggregated values
q For min(A) and max(A), the number of distinct values can be
estimated as min(V(A,r), V(G,r)) where G denotes grouping attributes
q For other aggregates, assume all values are distinct, and use V(G,r)


Additional Optimization Techniques

s Nested Subqueries

s Materialized Views


Optimizing Nested Subqueries**
s Nested query example:
select customer_name
from borrower
where exists (select *
                from depositor
                where depositor.customer_name =
                                                          borrower.customer_name)
s SQL conceptually treats nested subqueries in the where clause as
functions that take parameters and return a single value or set of values
q Parameters are variables from outer level query that are used in the
nested subquery; such variables are called correlation variables
s   Conceptually, nested subquery is executed once for each tuple in the
crossproduct generated by the outer level from clause
q Such evaluation is called correlated evaluation
q Note: other conditions in where clause may be used to compute a join
(instead of a crossproduct) before executing the nested subquery


Optimizing Nested Subqueries (Cont.)
s Correlated evaluation may be quite inefficient since
q a large number of calls may be made to the nested query
q there may be unnecessary random I/O as a result
s SQL optimizers attempt to transform nested subqueries to joins where
possible, enabling use of efficient join techniques
s E.g.: earlier nested query can be rewritten as
from borrower, depositor
where depositor.customer_name = borrower.customer_name
q Note: the two queries generate different numbers of duplicates (why?)
 Borrower can have duplicate customernames
 Can be modified to handle duplicates correctly as we will see
s In general, it is not possible/straightforward to move the entire nested
subquery from clause into the outer level query from clause
q A temporary relation is created instead, and used in body of outer
level query

In general, SQL queries of the form below can be rewritten as shown
s Rewrite:  select …
                from L1
                         where P1 and exists (select *
                 from L2
      where P2)
s To:           create table t1 as
                select distinct V
                from L2
                where P21

select …

                 from L1, t1
                 where P1 and P22
q P21 contains predicates in P2 that do not involve any correlation
variables
q P22  reintroduces predicates involving correlation variables, with
relations renamed appropriately
q V contains all attributes used in predicates with correlation

s In our example, the original nested query would be transformed to
    create table t1 as
         select distinct customer_name
         from depositor

    from borrower, t1
     where t1.customer_name = borrower.customer_name
s The process of replacing a nested query by a query with a join (possibly
with a temporary relation) is called decorrelation.
s   Decorrelation is more complicated when
q the nested subquery uses aggregation, or
q when the result of the nested subquery is used to test for equality, or
q when the condition linking the nested subquery to the other
query is not exists,
q and so on.


Materialized Views**
s A materialized view is a view whose contents are computed and
stored.
s Consider the view
create view branch_total_loan(branch_name, total_loan) as
select branch_name, sum(amount)
from loan
group by branch_name
s Materializing the above view would be very useful if the total loan
amount is required frequently
q Saves the effort of finding multiple tuples and adding up their
amounts


Materialized View Maintenance
s The task of keeping a materialized view uptodate with the underlying
data is known as materialized view maintenance
s Materialized views can be maintained by recomputation on every
update
s A better option is to use incremental view maintenance
q Changes to database relations are used to compute changes
to the materialized view, which is then updated
s View maintenance can be done by
q Manually defining triggers on insert, delete, and update of each
relation in the view definition
q Manually written code to update the view whenever database
relations are updated
q Periodic recomputation (e.g. nightly)
q Above methods are directly supported by many database systems
 Avoids manual effort/correctness issues


Incremental View Maintenance
s The changes (inserts and deletes) to a relation or expressions are
referred to as its differential
q Set of tuples inserted to and deleted from r are denoted ir and dr
s To simplify our description, we only consider inserts and deletes
q We replace updates to a tuple by deletion of the tuple followed by
insertion of the update tuple
s We describe how to compute the change to the result of each
relational operation, given changes to its inputs
s We then outline how to handle relational algebra expressions


Join Operation
s Consider the materialized view v = r     s  and an update to r
s Let rold and rnew denote the old and new states of relation r
s Consider the case of an insert to r:
q We can write rnew         s as (rold ∪ ir)     s
q And rewrite the above to  (rold       s) ∪ (ir       s)
q But (rold       s) is simply the old value of the materialized view, so the
incremental change to the view is just      ir       s
s Thus, for inserts     vnew = vold ∪(ir       s)

s Similarly for deletes    vnew = vold – (dr        s)

A, 1 1, p A, 1, p
B, 2 2, r B, 2, r
2, s B, 2, s
C,2
C, 2, r
C, 2, s


Selection and Projection Operations
s Selection: Consider a view v = σθ(r).
q vnew = vold ∪σθ(ir)
q vnew = vold σθ(dr)
s Projection is a more difficult operation
q R = (A,B), and r(R) = { (a,2), (a,3)}
q ∏A(r) has a single tuple (a).

If we delete the tuple (a,2) from r, we should not delete the tuple (a)
q
from ∏A(r), but if we then delete (a,3) as well, we should delete the
tuple
s For each tuple in a projection ∏A(r) , we will keep a count of how many
times it was derived
q On insert of a tuple to r, if the resultant tuple is already in ∏A(r) we
increment its count, else we add a new tuple with count = 1
q On delete of a tuple from r, we decrement the count of the
corresponding tuple in ∏A(r)
 if the count becomes 0, we delete the tuple from ∏A(r)

Aggregation Operations
s count : v = Agcount(B)(r).
q When a set of tuples ir is inserted
 For each tuple r in ir, if the corresponding group is already present in v,
we increment its count, else we add a new tuple with count = 1
q When a set of tuples dr is deleted
 for each tuple t in ir.we look for the group t.A in v, and subtract 1 from
the count for the group.
– If the count becomes 0, we delete from v the tuple for the group t.A
s sum: v = Agsum (B)(r)

q We maintain the sum in a manner similar to count, except we add/subtract
the B value instead of adding/subtracting 1 for the count
q Additionally we maintain the count in order to detect groups with no tuples.
Such groups are deleted from v
 Cannot simply test for sum = 0 (why?)
s To handle the case of avg, we maintain the sum and count
aggregate values separately, and divide at the end
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s min, max: v = Agmin (B) (r).
q Handling insertions on r is straightforward.
q Maintaining the aggregate values min and max on deletions may
be more expensive.  We have to look at the other tuples of r that
are in the same group to find the new minimum


Other Operations
s Set intersection: v = r ∩ s
q when a tuple is inserted in r we check if it is present in s, and if so
we add it to v.
q If the tuple is deleted from r, we delete it from the intersection if it
is present.
q Updates to s are symmetric
q The other set operations, union and set difference are handled in a
similar fashion.
s Outer joins are handled in much the same way as joins but with some
extra work
q we leave details to you.


Handling Expressions
s To handle an entire expression, we derive expressions for computing
the incremental change to the result of each subexpressions, starting
from the smallest subexpressions.

s E.g. consider  E1      E2 where each of E1 and E2 may be a complex
expression
q Suppose the set of tuples to be inserted into E1 is given by D1
Computed earlier, since smaller subexpressions are handled

first

q Then  the set of tuples to be inserted into E1      E2 is given by

D1       E2
 This is just the usual way of maintaining joins


Query Optimization and Materialized Views

s Rewriting queries to use materialized views:
q A materialized view v = r       s is available

q A user submits a query    r      s     t

q We can rewrite the query as v      t

 Whether to do so depends on cost estimates for the two alternative
s Replacing a use of a materialized view by the view definition:
q
A materialized view v = r       s is available, but without any index on it
q User submits a query σA=10(v).
q Suppose also that s has an index on the common attribute B, and r has
an index on attribute A.

q The best plan for this query may be to replace v by r      s, which can

lead to the query plan σA=10(r)      s
s Query optimizer should be extended to consider all above
alternatives and  choose the best overall plan


Materialized View Selection
s Materialized view selection: “What is the best set of views to
materialize?”.
s Index selection: “what is the best set of indices to create”
q closely related, to materialized view selection
 but simpler
s Materialized view selection and index selection based on typical
system workload (queries and updates)
q Typical goal: minimize time to execute workload , subject to
constraints on space and time taken for some critical
queries/updates
q One of the steps in database tuning
 more on tuning in later chapters
s Commercial database systems provide tools (called “tuning assistants”
or “wizards”) to help the database administrator choose what indices
and materialized views to create


Extra Slides:
Additional Optimization Techniques

(see bibliographic notes)


TopK Queries
s TopK queries
    select *
from r, s
where r.B = s.B
order by r.A ascending
limit 10
q Alternative 1: Indexed nested loops join with r as outer
q Alternative 2: estimate highest r.A value in result and add selection
(and r.A <= H) to where clause
 If < 10 results, retry with larger H


Optimization of Updates
s Halloween problem
update R set A = 5 * A
where A > 10
q If index on A is used to find tuples satisfying A > 10, and tuples
updated immediately, same tuple may be found (and updated)
multiple times
q Solution 1: Always defer updates
 collect the updates (old and new values of tuples) and update
relation and indices in second pass
 Drawback: extra overhead even if e.g. update is only on R.B,
not on attributes in selection condition
q Solution 2: Defer only if required
 Perform immediate update if update does not affect attributes
in where clause, and deferred updates otherwise.


Parametric Query Optimization
s Example
select *
from r natural join s
where r.a < $1
q value of parameter $1 not known at compile time
 known only at run time
q different plans may be optimal for different values of $1
s Solution 1: optimize at run time, each time query is submitted
 can be expensive
s Solution 2: Parametric Query Optimization:
q optimizer generates a set of plans, optimal for different values of $1
 Set of optimal plans usually small for 1 to 3 parameters
 Key issue: how to do find set of optimal plans efficiently
q best one from this set is chosen at run time when $1 is known
s Solution 3: Query Plan Caching
q If optimizer decides that same plan is likely to be optimal for all parameter
values, it caches plan and reuses it, else reoptimize each time
q Implemented in many database systems


Join Minimization
s Join minimization
    select r.A, r.B
from r, s
where r.B = s.B
s Check if join with s is redundant, drop it
q E.g. join condition is on foreign key from r to s, no selection on s
q Other sufficient conditions possible
select r.A, s1.B
from r, s as s1, s as s2
   where r.B=s1.B and r.B = s2.B and s1.A < 20 and s2.A < 10
 join with s2 is redundant and can be dropped (along with
selection on s2)
q Lots of research in this area since 70s/80s!


Multiquery Optimization
s Example
Q1: select * from (r natural join t) natural join s
Q2: select * from (r natural join u) natural join s
q Both queries share common subexpression (r natural join s)
q May be useful to compute (r natural join s) once and use it in both queries
 But this may be more expensive in some situations
– e.g. (r natural join s) may be expensive, plans as shown in queries
may be cheaper
s Multiquery optimization: find best overall plan for a set of queries, expoiting
sharing of common subexpressions between queries where it is useful
s Simple heuristic used in some database systems:
q optimize each query separately
q detect and exploiting common subexpressions in the individual optimal
query plans
 May not always give best plan, but is cheap to implement
s Set of materialized views may share common subexpressions
q As a result, view maintenance plans may share subexpressions
q Multiquery optimization can be useful in such situations


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