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Skew-based costing for database queries

US8190598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2008
Grant dateMay 29, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/24532
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One embodiment is a method that determines skew to predict costs for query plans for a database query. The method selects a query plan that accounts for the skew to evenly distribute processing load among multiple processors and then executes the query with the selected query plan.

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