• DocumentCode
    969590
  • Title

    Extending SQL with generalized transitive closure

  • Author

    Dar, Shaul ; Agrawal, Rakesh

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    10/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    799
  • Lastpage
    812
  • Abstract
    We present SQL/TC, an extension of SQL, to allow the expression of generalized transitive closure queries. The extension permits the user to pose queries that compute paths between two points and information associated with these paths. Such queries may specify selections on arcs, paths, or sets of paths, The output of a query may include the aggregation of information for different paths between the same endpoints. Our notation is declarative, preserves the spirit of SQL, and allows a declarative and concise formulation of transitive closure queries
  • Keywords
    SQL; relational algebra; SQL; SQL/TC; deductive databases; generalized transitive closure; recursion; relational algebra; ANSI standards; Algebra; Calculus; Database languages; Database systems; Deductive databases; Helium; Proposals; Query processing; Standardization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-4347
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/69.243510
  • Filename
    243510