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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yao-Ching Stephen Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Fen-Ling Lin, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerry Mukai, San Jose, CA (US);
Hong Tie, San Jose, CA (US);
Yun Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A query optimizer analyzes a query and triggers a sequence of transformations to achieve optimal performance for joined table expressions. The transformations include pushing down predicates for joined table expressions and pushing down non-null predicates to simplify join operators for joined table expressions.