ERQ: Controlled Inference and Instruction Techniques for DBMS Query Languages

Summary: ERQ: a DBMS query interface with progressive user modes to teach ER and relational models and aid query formulation. Novelty: Controlled Inference in query construction derives limited ER model inferences and returns NL explanations to validate specs. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2174
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1982
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Overall Rank: 14,327 | 0.33%
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1. J Longstaff

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