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Apparatus and method for distributed database query cancellation based upon single node query execution analysis

US11520593B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2019
Grant dateDec 6, 2022
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/6218
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A master database module is on a master computer node. Slave database modules are on slave computer nodes connected to the master computer node via a network. A distributed database includes executable code executed by processors on the master computer node and the slave computer nodes to receive a distributed database query at the master computer node. A query execution plan is prepared at the master computer node. The query execution plan is deployed on the slave computer nodes. The query execution plan is executed on the slave computer nodes. The slave computer nodes each perform a single node query execution analysis to selectively produce a query cancellation command. The query cancellation command is propagated to the master computer node and the slave computer nodes. The query execution plan is cancelled on the master computer node and the slave computer nodes.

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