Choosing a View Update Translator by Dialog at View Definition Time

Summary: Translating view updates to base updates is inherently ambiguous; similar views may map to different translations due to real-world semantics. A structured dialog at view-definition time selects a translator using view/schema info and earlier answers, enabling unambiguous view updates with optional runtime checks of side effects. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: h027f3f19dd92000d
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1986
Pagerank: 7.8777069e-05
Overall Rank: 2,906 | 80.47%
DOI: -

Incoming Non-self Citations Over Time

Authors

1. Arthur M. Keller (University of Texas)

BibTeX Citation

@article{keller_vldb86,
        title = {{Choosing a View Update Translator by Dialog at View Definition Time}},
        author = {Keller, Arthur M.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '86},
        pages = {467--474},
        year = {1986}
}

Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 8 of 8 citing papers.

Rank	Citing Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
590	On Propagation of Deletions and Annotations Through Views	2002	PODS	0.00015890019
995	Algorithms for Translating View Updates to Database Updates for Views Involving Selections, Projections, and Joins	1985	PODS	0.00012635689
2,698	Updating Relational Databases through Object-Based Views	1991	SIGMOD	8.1197711e-05
4,572	Persistence Software: Bridging Object-Oriented Programming and Relational Databases	1993	SIGMOD	6.5278616e-05
7,227	Derived Data Update in Semantic Databases	1989	VLDB	5.5809592e-05
7,440	JSON Relational Duality: A Revolutionary Combination of Document, Object, and Relational Models	2025	SIGMOD	5.5265296e-05
12,128	Programmable View Update Strategies on Relations	2020	VLDB	4.9793485e-05
12,997	HUX: Handling Updates in XML	2006	VLDB	4.9793485e-05

Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)

Showing 11 of 11 cited papers.

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

Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
87	Implementation of Integrity Constraints and Views by Query Modification	1975	SIGMOD	0.00035719146
155	Common Expression Analysis in Database Applications	1982	SIGMOD	0.00028527932
772	Data Abstraction, Views And Updates In Rigel	1979	SIGMOD	0.00014085842
995	Algorithms for Translating View Updates to Database Updates for Views Involving Selections, Projections, and Joins	1985	PODS	0.00012635689
1,088	Updates Of Relational Views	1983	PODS	0.00012091631
4,701	Updating a Relational Database through a Universal Schema Interface	1985	PODS	6.463178e-05
4,863	A Relational Database View Update Translation Mechanism	1984	VLDB	6.3782905e-05
5,484	A Transportable Natural Language Database Update System	1984	PODS	6.1102909e-05
6,255	A Pragmatic Approach to Structured Database Design	1983	VLDB	5.8337242e-05
7,265	Canonical View Update Support through Boolean Algebras of Components	1984	PODS	5.5700471e-05
9,881	On Complementary and Independent Mappings on Databases	1984	SIGMOD	5.1176637e-05

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2	7,265	Canonical View Update Support through Boolean Algebras of Components	1984	PODS
3	3,428	Relational Lenses: A Language for Updatable Views	2006	PODS
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5	12,128	Programmable View Update Strategies on Relations	2020	VLDB
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7	9,880	Understanding the implications of view update policies	1985	VLDB
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9	4,863	A Relational Database View Update Translation Mechanism	1984	VLDB
10	995	Algorithms for Translating View Updates to Database Updates for Views Involving Selections, Projections, and Joins	1985	PODS