Answering Queries Using Views (Extended Abstract)

Summary: Reduces query rewriting to containment mappings from views to the query for conjunctive/union queries with built-in comparisons. Shows NP-completeness, separates complexity into mapping enumeration vs. literal deletion, and gives a poly-time redundancy test that often yields minimal rewritings. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 1058
Venue: PODS
Year: 1995
Pagerank: 0.00054402763
Overall Rank: 82 | 99.44%
DOI: -

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Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
48	Data Integration: A Theoretical Perspective	2002	PODS	0.00069720859
127	Querying Heterogeneous Information Sources Using Source Descriptions	1996	VLDB	0.00044642203
207	Storing Semistructured Data with STORED	1999	SIGMOD	0.00034611968
218	Aggregate-Query Processing in Data Warehousing Environments	1995	VLDB	0.00033503922
291	Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract)	1995	PODS	0.00028831632
297	Complexity of Answering Queries Using Materialized Views	1998	PODS	0.00028596715
407	Conjunctive-Query Containment and Constraint Satisfaction	1998	PODS	0.00024004562
442	Semantic Data Caching and Replacement	1996	VLDB	0.000230437
465	PREFER: A System for the Efficient Execution of Multiparametric Ranked Queries	2001	SIGMOD	0.00022455702
468	Materialized Views In Oracle	1998	VLDB	0.00022411821
532	Answering Recursive Queries Using Views	1997	PODS	0.00020778506
584	Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views	1996	VLDB	0.0001971526
731	Optimizing Queries Using Materialized Views: A Practical, Scalable Solution	2001	SIGMOD	0.00017468889
779	Materialized View Maintenance and Integrity Constraint Checking: Trading Space for Time	1996	SIGMOD	0.00016786961
810	Query Containment for Conjunctive Queries With Regular Expressions	1998	PODS	0.00016428374
873	Constraint-Based XML Query Rewriting for Data Integration	2004	SIGMOD	0.00015752865
971	Rewriting Aggregate Queries Using Views	1999	PODS	0.00014925576
976	Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors	1996	PODS	0.0001489085
1,059	Answering Complex SQL Queries Using Automatic Summary Tables	2000	SIGMOD	0.00014382575
1,155	A Scalable Algorithm for Answering Queries Using Views	2000	VLDB	0.00013616518
1,353	Data Warehouse Configuration	1997	VLDB	0.00012410919
1,384	Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective	1997	PODS	0.00012262892
1,461	Hypothetical Queries in an OLAP Environment	2000	VLDB	0.0001188499
1,511	Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures	1998	SIGMOD	0.00011602872
1,617	Adapting Materialized Views after Redefinitions	1995	SIGMOD	0.00011119837
1,669	Query Decomposition and View Maintenance for Query Languages for Unstructured Data	1996	VLDB	0.00010955767
1,680	Approximate Range Selection Queries in Peer-to-Peer Systems	2003	CIDR	0.00010931115
1,952	Deciding Containment for Queries with Complex Objects (Extended Abstract)	1997	PODS	9.9677831e-05
2,034	Views and Queries: Determinacy and Rewriting	2005	PODS	9.7156155e-05
2,284	Cost-Based Optimization of Decision Support Queries using Transient-Views	1998	SIGMOD	9.1053836e-05
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2,342	Rewriting of Regular Expressions and Regular Path Queries	1999	PODS	9.0015589e-05
2,399	Query Rewriting for Semistructured Data	1999	SIGMOD	8.8973689e-05
2,401	Physical Data Independence, Constraints, and Optimization with Universal Plans	1999	VLDB	8.8954126e-05
2,475	Querying Aggregate Data	1999	PODS	8.7017602e-05
2,536	Rewriting Queries Using Views in Description Logics	1997	PODS	8.5837937e-05
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3,168	Query Containment for Data Integration Systems	2000	PODS	7.4508875e-05
3,170	Quality-driven Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems	1999	VLDB	7.4482367e-05
3,307	Attacking Diophantus: Solving a Special Case of Bag Containment	2019	PODS	7.2431594e-05
3,397	Statistics on Views	2003	VLDB	7.1437062e-05
3,509	Complete Yet Practical Search for Minimal Query Reformulations Under Constraints	2014	SIGMOD	7.0263584e-05
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
133	On Rules, Procedures, Caching And Views In Data Base Systems	1990	SIGMOD	0.00042757638
138	Query Transformation for PSJ-queries	1987	VLDB	0.00042334092
172	Decidability And Expressiveness Aspects Of Logic Queries	1987	PODS	0.00038808816
291	Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract)	1995	PODS	0.00028831632
416	Computing Queries from Derived Relations	1985	VLDB	0.0002380776
578	The GMAP: A Versatile Tool for Physical Data Independence	1994	VLDB	0.00019838707
581	The Complexity of Querying Indefinite Data about Linearly Ordered Domains (Preliminary Version)	1992	PODS	0.00019767772
584	Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views	1996	VLDB	0.0001971526
909	On the Equivalence of Recursive and Nonrecursive Datalog Programs	1992	PODS	0.00015428222
938	Queries Independent of Updates	1993	VLDB	0.00015197786
1,592	Sleepers and Workaholics: Caching Strategies in Mobile Environments	1994	SIGMOD	0.00011225634
1,617	Adapting Materialized Views after Redefinitions	1995	SIGMOD	0.00011119837
2,893	Data Replication for Mobile Computers	1994	SIGMOD	7.9479616e-05

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