We investigate the problem of refining SQL queries to satisfy cardinality constraints on the query result. This has applications to the many/few answers problems often faced by da...
Abstract. Research in Cooperative Query answering is triggered by the observation that users are often not able to correctly formulate queries to databases that return the intended...
Distributed database design is a complex process that involves a set of distinct aspects for the accomplishment of an adequate data distribution (Buretta 1997). Many of these aspec...
: The integrity of B-tree structures can become compromised for many reasons. Since these inconsistencies manifest themselves in unpredictable ways, all commercial database managem...
Recently XML is the standard format used for the exchange of data between information systems and is also frequently applied as a logical database model. If we use XML as a logical...