A Transaction Logic for Database Specification
Summary: Proposes a transaction-logic formalism for specifying dynamic DB behavior using a variant of first-order situational logic with explicit state objects. Integrity constraints and transactions are uniformly expressible, enabling verification and synthesis. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Xiaolei Qian (Kestrel Institute; Stanford University)
- 2. Richard Waldinger (SRI International; Stanford University)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{qian_sigmod88,
title = {{A Transaction Logic for Database Specification}},
author = {Qian, Xiaolei and Waldinger, Richard},
series = {{SIGMOD} '88},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {ACM} {SIGMOD} International Conference on Management of Data},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
doi = {10.1145/50202.50232},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/50202.50232},
year = {1988}
}
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 10,130 | On the Feasibility of Checking Temporal Integrity Constraints | 1993 | PODS | 5.0614501e-05 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 936 | A Temporal Framework for Database Specifications | 1982 | VLDB | 0.0001296261 |
| 1,781 | A Transaction Language Complete for Database Update and Specification | 1987 | PODS | 9.657754e-05 |
| 4,355 | Specification, Semantics, and Enforcement of Dynamic Database Constraints | 1984 | VLDB | 6.6310395e-05 |
| 6,230 | Dynamic Constraints And Database Evolution | 1983 | PODS | 5.8259308e-05 |
| 6,343 | On Verification Of Database Temporal Constraints | 1985 | SIGMOD | 5.7911465e-05 |
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