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: 0.00054430106
Overall Rank: 82 | 99.44%
DOI: -

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Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
47	Data Integration: A Theoretical Perspective	2002	PODS	0.00069691761
127	Querying Heterogeneous Information Sources Using Source Descriptions	1996	VLDB	0.00044607231
206	Storing Semistructured Data with STORED	1999	SIGMOD	0.00034583517
218	Aggregate-Query Processing in Data Warehousing Environments	1995	VLDB	0.00033489004
288	Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract)	1995	PODS	0.00028885849
297	Complexity of Answering Queries Using Materialized Views	1998	PODS	0.00028572729
401	Conjunctive-Query Containment and Constraint Satisfaction	1998	PODS	0.00024281448
444	Semantic Data Caching and Replacement	1996	VLDB	0.0002303513
464	PREFER: A System for the Efficient Execution of Multiparametric Ranked Queries	2001	SIGMOD	0.00022476798
470	Materialized Views In Oracle	1998	VLDB	0.00022386815
533	Answering Recursive Queries Using Views	1997	PODS	0.00020767726
583	Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views	1996	VLDB	0.00019705383
728	Optimizing Queries Using Materialized Views: A Practical, Scalable Solution	2001	SIGMOD	0.00017459654
775	Materialized View Maintenance and Integrity Constraint Checking: Trading Space for Time	1996	SIGMOD	0.00016775051
808	Query Containment for Conjunctive Queries With Regular Expressions	1998	PODS	0.000164132
868	Constraint-Based XML Query Rewriting for Data Integration	2004	SIGMOD	0.00015737664
971	Rewriting Aggregate Queries Using Views	1999	PODS	0.00014915911
976	Answering Queries Using Limited External Query Processors	1996	PODS	0.00014877501
1,059	Answering Complex SQL Queries Using Automatic Summary Tables	2000	SIGMOD	0.00014370009
1,155	A Scalable Algorithm for Answering Queries Using Views	2000	VLDB	0.00013606507
1,360	Data Warehouse Configuration	1997	VLDB	0.0001239983
1,386	Managing Semantic Heterogeneity in Databases : A Theoretical Perspective	1997	PODS	0.00012251453
1,460	Hypothetical Queries in an OLAP Environment	2000	VLDB	0.00011873918
1,508	Using Schematically Heterogeneous Structures	1998	SIGMOD	0.00011593524
1,620	Adapting Materialized Views after Redefinitions	1995	SIGMOD	0.00011112989
1,667	Query Decomposition and View Maintenance for Query Languages for Unstructured Data	1996	VLDB	0.00010947593
1,682	Approximate Range Selection Queries in Peer-to-Peer Systems	2003	CIDR	0.0001092064
1,959	Deciding Containment for Queries with Complex Objects (Extended Abstract)	1997	PODS	9.958725e-05
2,039	Views and Queries: Determinacy and Rewriting	2005	PODS	9.7059912e-05
2,290	Cost-Based Optimization of Decision Support Queries using Transient-Views	1998	SIGMOD	9.0918901e-05
2,331	Obtaining Complete Answers from Incomplete Databases	1996	VLDB	9.019917e-05
2,345	Rewriting of Regular Expressions and Regular Path Queries	1999	PODS	8.9933611e-05
2,397	Query Rewriting for Semistructured Data	1999	SIGMOD	8.8888995e-05
2,398	Physical Data Independence, Constraints, and Optimization with Universal Plans	1999	VLDB	8.8871067e-05
2,475	Querying Aggregate Data	1999	PODS	8.6942707e-05
2,539	Rewriting Queries Using Views in Description Logics	1997	PODS	8.5759464e-05
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3,101	On Efficiently Implementing SchemaSQL on a SQL Database System	1999	VLDB	7.5611936e-05
3,124	Form-Based Proxy Caching for Database-Backed Web Sites	2001	VLDB	7.5263749e-05
3,174	Query Containment for Data Integration Systems	2000	PODS	7.444226e-05
3,175	Quality-driven Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems	1999	VLDB	7.4418854e-05
3,311	Attacking Diophantus: Solving a Special Case of Bag Containment	2019	PODS	7.2361776e-05
3,398	Statistics on Views	2003	VLDB	7.1381433e-05
3,514	Complete Yet Practical Search for Minimal Query Reformulations Under Constraints	2014	SIGMOD	7.0192177e-05
3,833	Describing and Using Query Capabilities of Heterogeneous Sources	1997	VLDB	6.7141332e-05
4,004	QC-Trees: An Efficient Summary Structure for Semantic OLAP	2003	SIGMOD	6.5401186e-05
4,055	On the Complexity of the Containment Problem for Conjunctive Queries with Built-in Predicates	1998	PODS	6.4906839e-05
4,084	On the Content of Materialized Aggregate Views	2000	PODS	6.4581296e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

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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
135	On Rules, Procedures, Caching And Views In Data Base Systems	1990	SIGMOD	0.0004273413
138	Query Transformation for PSJ-queries	1987	VLDB	0.00042322097
173	Decidability And Expressiveness Aspects Of Logic Queries	1987	PODS	0.00038731283
288	Answering Queries Using Templates With Binding Patterns (Extended Abstract)	1995	PODS	0.00028885849
413	Computing Queries from Derived Relations	1985	VLDB	0.00023802724
578	The GMAP: A Versatile Tool for Physical Data Independence	1994	VLDB	0.00019825485
582	The Complexity of Querying Indefinite Data about Linearly Ordered Domains (Preliminary Version)	1992	PODS	0.00019753367
583	Answering Queries with Aggregation Using Views	1996	VLDB	0.00019705383
907	On the Equivalence of Recursive and Nonrecursive Datalog Programs	1992	PODS	0.00015417107
937	Queries Independent of Updates	1993	VLDB	0.00015194231
1,591	Sleepers and Workaholics: Caching Strategies in Mobile Environments	1994	SIGMOD	0.00011218656
1,620	Adapting Materialized Views after Redefinitions	1995	SIGMOD	0.00011112989
2,902	Data Replication for Mobile Computers	1994	SIGMOD	7.9439275e-05

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