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Optimizing output data formats to improve query performance in database systems

US11327968B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 2020
Grant dateMay 10, 2022
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/24542
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for calculating, for each operator in a set of operators, a set of costs, each cost associated with a data format and including a first segment indicating a cost of an operator to convert an incoming data format to an access format and a second segment indicating a cost based on a set of costs of one or more ancestors of the operator, a conversion cost, and a materialization cost, indicating, along the path within the query plan, a location representing execution of a conversion from a first data format to a second data format, the location being selected based on the sets of costs, and providing the query plan with the location for execution to generate a query result, wherein during execution of the query plan, conversion of data from the first data format to the second data format occurs at the location.

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