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QueryVis: Logic-based Diagrams help Users Understand Complicated SQL Queries Faster
Summary: QueryVis encodes SQL semantics in logic-based diagrams for nested queries, yielding minimal, unambiguous visuals. A 42-participant MTurk study shows faster interpretation and fewer errors with diagrams than with SQL after a brief tutorial.
(summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
- Paper ID
- 5983
- Venue
- SIGMOD
- Year
- 2020
- Pagerank
- 5.4946579e-05
- Overall Rank
- 5,459 | 62.07%
- DOI
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10.1145/3318464.3389767
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