Query Processing in a Fragmented Relational Distributed System: Mermaid

  • Authors:
  • Clement T. Yu;C. C. Chang;Marjorie Templeton;David Brill;Eric Lund

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago;Iowa State Univ., Ames;System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA;System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA;System Development Corp., Santa Monica, CA

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering - Annals of discrete mathematics, 24
  • Year:
  • 1985

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Abstract

This paper describes the query optimizer of the Mermaid system which provides a user with a unified view of multiple preexisting databases which may be stored under different DBMS's. The algorithm is designed for databases which may contain replicated or fragmented relations and for users who are primarily making interactive, ad hoc queries. Although the implementation of the algorithm is a front-end system, not an integrated distributed DBMS, it should be applicable to a distributed DBMS also.