Platform-independent method and system for graphically presenting the evaluation of a query in a database management system

A method and system for graphically representing a plan for a query in a relational database management system is disclosed. The method includes receiving and processing an input query to form a plurality of plans, selecting at least one plan of the plurality of plans, and transforming the selected...

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Hauptverfasser: Couch, Tanya, Edlund, Stefan, Lapis, George, Lohman, Guy, Reinwald, Berthold
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and system for graphically representing a plan for a query in a relational database management system is disclosed. The method includes receiving and processing an input query to form a plurality of plans, selecting at least one plan of the plurality of plans, and transforming the selected plan into a self-describing formatted file which is platform independent. The method further includes generating a graph representing the selected plan from the self-describing formatted file.