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Integrity Constraint Reformulation for Efficient Validation.

Xiaolei Qian, Douglas R. Smith: Integrity Constraint Reformulation for Efficient Validation. VLDB 1987: 417-425
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/QianS87,
  author    = {Xiaolei Qian and
               Douglas R. Smith},
  editor    = {Peter M. Stocker and
               William Kent and
               Peter Hammersley},
  title     = {Integrity Constraint Reformulation for Efficient Validation},
  booktitle = {VLDB'87, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Very
               Large Data Bases, September 1-4, 1987, Brighton, England},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1987},
  isbn      = {0-934613-46-X},
  pages     = {417-425},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/QianS87.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/87},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
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Abstract

Constraint validation has been difficult to implement efficiently. The major reason for this difficulty lies in the state-dependent nature of integrity constraints and the requirement of both high-level specification and efficient runtime enforcement. In this paper, we propose a constraint reformulation approach to efficient constraint validation. We also demonstrate how this knowledge-based constraint reformulation can be naturally accomplished in the general framework of problem reformulation with the technique of antecedent derivation. We formalize the reformulation of an integrity constraint as a tree-search process where the search space is the set of all semantic-equivalent alternatives of the original constraint. We also develop control strategies and meta-level rules for carrying out the search efficiently. The major contribution of this work is a new promising approach to efficient constraint validation and a general framework to accomplish it.

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Peter M. Stocker, William Kent, Peter Hammersley (Eds.): VLDB'87, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, September 1-4, 1987, Brighton, England. Morgan Kaufmann 1987, ISBN 0-934613-46-X
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