Query processing and user interaction form the cornerstone of modern database systems, providing the framework for translating high‐level user queries into efficient, actionable operations. As data ...

The three features of adaptive query processing can make SQL Server 2017 significantly faster at processing your workload. Not only that, but they also provide significant improvements without needing ...

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The preprint “POLAR: Adaptive and Non-invasive Join Order Selection via Plans of Least Resistance.” introduces an adaptive query processing technique that lowers the adoption barrier for existing ...

Encrypting data is one of the most basic -- and most effective -- data security measures we have at our disposal. But when used with relational databases, encryption creates two major problems. The ...

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A new generation of graph databases has taken hold, and a generation of query languages has arrived alongside them. The assorted graph database query languages include the likes of Gremlin, Cypher, ...

“The database may return encrypted query results to the database proxy in response to the transformed query, and the database proxy may decrypt the results for use by a querying application. In some ...