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Extensible Query Processing in Starburst

Summary: Extends relational DBMSs with an extensible kernel for language, data-management, and processing extensions. Describes a powerful, extensible query processor with rule-based optimization, rewrite, and an extended relational-algebra execution engine. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
2520
Venue
SIGMOD
Year
1989
Pagerank
0.00022788687
Overall Rank
268 | 98.17%
DOI
10.1145/67544.66962

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Authors

BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{haas_sigmod89,
        title = {{Extensible Query Processing in Starburst}},
        author = {Haas, Laura M. and Freytag, J.C. and Lohman, G.M. and Pirahesh, H.},
        series = {{SIGMOD} '89},
        booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
        publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
        doi = {10.1145/67544.66962},
        url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/67544.66962},
        year = {1989}
}

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Rank Citing Paper Year Venue Pagerank
171 Optimizing Queries across Diverse Data Sources 1997 VLDB 0.00027363924
290 An Overview of Query Optimization in Relational Systems 1998 PODS 0.0002227038
534 Building Efficient Query Engines in a High-Level Language 2014 VLDB 0.00017046514
576 Alert: An Architecture for Transforming a Passive DBMS into an Active DBMS 1991 VLDB 0.00016238156
664 Exploiting Statistics on Query Expressions for Optimization 2002 SIGMOD 0.00015167825
670 SharedDB: Killing One Thousand Queries With One Stone 2012 VLDB 0.00015157572
716 Set-Oriented Production Rules in Relational Database Systems 1990 SIGMOD 0.00014652696
744 Fundamental Techniques for Order Optimization 1996 SIGMOD 0.00014411295
904 Tradeoffs in Processing Complex Join Queries via Hashing in Multiprocessor Database Machines 1990 VLDB 0.00013319798
1,125 Optimization Strategies for Spatial Query Processing 1991 VLDB 0.0001208101
1,243 Querying XML Views of Relational Data 2001 VLDB 0.00011513177
1,329 Deriving Production Rules for Constraint Maintenance 1990 VLDB 0.00011140837
1,410 Magic is Relevant 1990 SIGMOD 0.00010853223
1,826 Optimizing Disjunctive Queries with Expensive Predicates 1994 SIGMOD 9.6721003e-05
1,845 Hypothetical Queries in an OLAP Environment 2000 VLDB 9.629006e-05
2,244 Join Queries with External Text Sources: Execution and Optimization Techniques 1995 SIGMOD 8.8737737e-05
2,593 Cost-Based Optimization of Decision Support Queries using Transient-Views 1998 SIGMOD 8.3649196e-05
2,783 Making Deductive Database a Practical Technology: a step forward 1990 SIGMOD 8.1273861e-05
3,061 The Starburst Long Field Manager 1989 VLDB 7.8045347e-05
3,067 Evaluating Queries with Generalized Path Expressions 1996 SIGMOD 7.7940121e-05
3,189 Locking and Latching in a Memory-Resident Database System 1992 VLDB 7.6543667e-05
3,307 Magic Conditions 1990 PODS 7.5385358e-05
3,309 Conditional Selectivity for Statistics on Query Expressions 2004 SIGMOD 7.5368417e-05
3,656 Bypassing Joins in Disjunctive Queries 1995 VLDB 7.2224287e-05
3,932 Database Programming Languages: A Functional Approach 1991 SIGMOD 7.0089831e-05
4,081 Abacus: A Cost-Based Optimizer for Semantic Operator Systems 2026 VLDB 6.9165634e-05
4,134 Rule Languages and Internal Algebras for Rule-Based Optimizers 1996 SIGMOD 6.8816554e-05
4,197 Buffer Pool Aware Query Optimization 2005 CIDR 6.8406917e-05
4,645 User-Defined Table Operators: Enhancing Extensibility for ORDBMS 1999 VLDB 6.5900051e-05
4,678 Control of an Extensible Query Optimizer: A Planning-Based Approach 1993 VLDB 6.5687429e-05
4,694 Zeus: Efficiently Localizing Actions in Videos using Reinforcement Learning 2022 SIGMOD 6.5592238e-05
4,700 Cost Models DO Matter: Providing Cost Information for Diverse Data Sources in a Federated System 1999 VLDB 6.5557492e-05
4,721 QueryVis: Logic-based Diagrams help Users Understand Complicated SQL Queries Faster 2020 SIGMOD 6.5444379e-05
4,998 An Incremental Join Attachment for Starburst 1990 VLDB 6.407975e-05
5,070 Optimization and Evaluation of Database Queries Including Embedded Interpolation Procedures 1991 SIGMOD 6.3764325e-05
5,321 High-Performance Row Pattern Recognition Using Joins 2023 VLDB 6.2659937e-05
5,398 A Cost Model for Clustered Object-Oriented Databases 1995 VLDB 6.2320592e-05
7,385 Algebraic Optimization of Computations over Scientific Databases 1993 VLDB 5.6278655e-05
7,653 Abstraction without regret in data management systems 2013 CIDR 5.575416e-05
8,119 User-Optimizer Communication using Abstract Plans in Sybase ASE 2001 VLDB 5.4835315e-05
8,174 Databases will Visualize Queries too 2011 VLDB 5.4738201e-05
8,306 ParTime: Parallel Temporal Aggregation 2016 SIGMOD 5.4568273e-05
9,152 Second-Order Signature: A Tool for Specifying Data Models, Query Processing, and Optimization 1993 SIGMOD 5.3133028e-05
9,789 A Plan-Operator Concept for Client-Based Knowledge Processing 1993 VLDB 5.2209769e-05
10,834 QOVIS: Understanding and Diagnosing Query Optimizer via a Visualization-assisted Approach 2025 VLDB 5.093636e-05
11,261 Efficient Enumeration of Recursive Plans in Transformation-based Query Optimizers 2024 VLDB 5.093636e-05
11,354 mutable: A Modern DBMS for Research and Fast Prototyping 2023 CIDR 5.093636e-05
11,470 A Tutorial on Visual Representations of Relational Queries 2023 VLDB 5.093636e-05
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 22 of 22 cited papers.

Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
1 Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System 1979 SIGMOD 0.0024089429
2 R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching 1984 SIGMOD 0.0020210012
16 MAGIC SETS AND OTHER STRANGE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT LOGIC PROGRAMS (Extended Abstract) 1986 PODS 0.00060089598
34 The Design Of Postgres 1986 SIGMOD 0.00049302774
95 Of Nests and Trees: A Unified Approach to Processing Queries That Contain Nested Subqueries, Aggregates, and Quantifiers 1987 VLDB 0.00034607909
119 The EXODUS Optimizer Generator 1987 SIGMOD 0.0003183602
129 Optimization of Nested SQL Queries Revisited 1987 SIGMOD 0.0003068101
192 Grammar-like Functional Rules for Representing Query Optimization Alternatives 1988 SIGMOD 0.00026028406
217 Traversal Recursion: A Practical Approach to Supporting Recursive Applications 1986 SIGMOD 0.00024458594
342 R* Optimizer Validation and Performance Evaluation for Distributed Queries 1986 VLDB 0.00020673706
474 Dynamic Query Evaluation Plans 1989 SIGMOD 0.00017894953
595 An Authorization Mechanism for a Relational Data Base System 1976 SIGMOD 0.000159408
599 Semantics and Implementation of Schema Evolution in Object-Oriented Databases 1987 SIGMOD 0.00015910762
615 A Rule-Based View of Query Optimization 1987 SIGMOD 0.00015720167
1,377 A Data Management Extension Architecture 1987 SIGMOD 0.00010972063
1,887 Extending the Algebraic Framework of Query Processing to Handle Outerjoins 1984 VLDB 9.5347906e-05
2,263 Optimization of Nested Queries in a Distributed Relational Database 1984 VLDB 8.8440084e-05
2,518 Architecture and Implementation of the Darmstadt Database Kernel System 1987 SIGMOD 8.4755514e-05
3,153 Implementing an Interpreter for Functional Rules in a Query Optimizer 1988 VLDB 7.6976958e-05
3,901 A System for Semantic Query Optimization 1987 SIGMOD 7.0317421e-05
7,137 Rule-Based Translation of Relational Queries into Iterative Programs 1986 SIGMOD 5.6933382e-05
7,138 Towards DBMSs for Supporting New Applications 1986 VLDB 5.6933382e-05
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