System and method for incrementally maintaining non-distributive aggregate functions in a relational database

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PATENT NO 7020649
APP PUB NO 20040128289A1
SERIAL NO

10335376

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A system for incrementally maintaining non-distributive aggregate functions in a relational database includes a data storage device in which a relational database is stored. A processor communicates with the data storage device and includes a database maintenance module. The database maintenance module includes a program for incrementally maintaining non-distributive aggregate functions in a relational database. The method embodied in the program includes determining whether all functions in a relational database query are distributive. Based on this determination, a basic propagate phase graph is selectively altered to yield a new propagate phase graph. Changes to an automatic summary table are then applied thereto based on the new propagate phase graph.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Cochrane, Roberta Jo Los Gatos, CA 22 1653
Palpanas, Themistoklis Toronto, CA 6 298
Pirahesh, Mir Hamid San Jose, CA 63 3893
Sidle, Richard Sefton Mountain View, CA 14 1056

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