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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Abdo Esmail Abdo, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael S. Faunce, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Abdo Esmail Abdo, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael S. Faunce, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cardinality estimator computes an estimated cardinality for a database column using a formula that accounts for skew in the data in the column. The result is an estimate of cardinality that more closely resembles the actual cardinality in the column. The improved cardinality estimate may then be used to make better query optimizations.