Allows the expression of constraints on domain variables that are
either inconvenient or impossible to express within the skeleton
tables.
■ Complex conditions can be used in condition boxes
■ Example: Find the loan numbers of all loans made to Smith, to
Jones, or to both jointly
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Chapter 5: Other Relational Languages
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Chapter 5: Other Relational Languages
n Tuple Relational Calculus
n Domain Relational Calculus
n QuerybyExample (QBE)
n Datalog
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Tuple Relational Calculus
n A nonprocedural query language, where each query is of the form
{t | P (t ) }
n It is the set of all tuples t such that predicate P is true for t
n t is a tuple variable, t [A ] denotes the value of tuple t on attribute A
n t ∈ r denotes that tuple t is in relation r
n P is a formula similar to that of the predicate calculus
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Predicate Calculus Formula
1. Set of attributes and constants
2. Set of comparison operators: (e.g., , ≥)
3. Set of connectives: and (∧), or (v)‚ not (¬)
4. Implication (⇒): x ⇒ y, if x if true, then y is true
x ⇒ y ≡ ¬x v y
5. Set of quantifiers:
∃ t ∈ r (Q (t )) ≡ ”there exists” a tuple in t in relation r
such that predicate Q (t ) is true
∀t ∈ r (Q (t )) ≡ Q is true “for all” tuples t in relation r
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Banking Example
n branch (branch_name, branch_city, assets )
n customer (customer_name, customer_street, customer_city )
n account (account_number, branch_name, balance )
n loan (loan_number, branch_name, amount )
n depositor (customer_name, account_number )
n borrower (customer_name, loan_number )
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Example Queries
n Find the loan_number, branch_name, and amount for loans of over
$1200
n Find the loan number for each loan of an amount greater than $1200
{t | ∃ s ∈ loan (t [loan_number ] = s [loan_number ] ∧ s [amount ] > 1200)}
Notice that a relation on schema [loan_number ] is implicitly defined by
the query
{t | t ∈ loan ∧ t [amount ] > 1200}
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Example Queries
n Find the names of all customers having a loan, an account, or both at
the bank
{t | ∃s ∈ borrower ( t [customer_name ] = s [customer_name ])
∧ ∃u ∈ depositor ( t [customer_name ] = u [customer_name] )
n Find the names of all customers who have a loan and an account
at the bank
{t | ∃s ∈ borrower ( t [customer_name ] = s [customer_name ])
∨ ∃u ∈ depositor ( t [customer_name ] = u [customer_name ])
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Example Queries
n Find the names of all customers having a loan at the Perryridge branch
{t | ∃s ∈ borrower (t [customer_name ] = s [customer_name ]
∧ ∃u ∈ loan (u [branch_name ] = “Perryridge”
∧ u [loan_number ] = s [loan_number ]))
∧ not ∃v ∈ depositor (v [customer_name ] =
t [customer_name ])}
n Find the names of all customers who have a loan at the
Perryridge branch, but no account at any branch of the bank
{t | ∃s ∈ borrower (t [customer_name ] = s [customer_name ]
∧ ∃u ∈ loan (u [branch_name ] = “Perryridge”
∧ u [loan_number ] = s [loan_number ]))}
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Example Queries
n Find the names of all customers having a loan from the Perryridge
branch, and the cities in which they live
{t | ∃s ∈ loan (s [branch_name ] = “Perryridge”
∧ ∃u ∈ borrower (u [loan_number ] = s [loan_number ]
∧ t [customer_name ] = u [customer_name ])
∧ ∃ v ∈ customer (u [customer_name ] = v [customer_name ]
∧ t [customer_city ] = v [customer_city ])))}
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Example Queries
n Find the names of all customers who have an account at all branches
located in Brooklyn:
{t | ∃ r ∈ customer (t [customer_name ] = r [customer_name ]) ∧
( ∀ u ∈ branch (u [branch_city ] = “Brooklyn” ⇒
∃ s ∈ depositor (t [customer_name ] = s [customer_name ]
∧ ∃ w ∈ account ( w[account_number ] = s [account_number ]
∧ ( w [branch_name ] = u [branch_name ]))))}
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Safety of Expressions
n It is possible to write tuple calculus expressions that generate infinite
relations.
n For example, { t | ¬ t ∈ r } results in an infinite relation if the domain of
any attribute of relation r is infinite
n To guard against the problem, we restrict the set of allowable
expressions to safe expressions.
n An expression {t | P (t )} in the tuple relational calculus is safe if every
component of t appears in one of the relations, tuples, or constants that
appear in P
l NOTE: this is more than just a syntax condition.
E.g. { t | t [A] = 5 ∨ true } is not safe it defines an infinite set
with attribute values that do not appear in any relation or tuples
or constants in P.
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Domain Relational Calculus
n A nonprocedural query language equivalent in power to the tuple
relational calculus
n Each query is an expression of the form:
{ | P (x1, x2, , xn)}
l x1, x2, , xn represent domain variables
l P represents a formula similar to that of the predicate calculus
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Example Queries
n Find the loan_number, branch_name, and amount for loans of over $1200
n Find the names of all customers who have a loan from the Perryridge branch
and the loan amount:
{ | ∃ l ( ∈ borrower ∧ ∃b ( ∈ loan ∧
b = “Perryridge”))}
{ | ∃ l ( ∈ borrower ∧ ∈ loan)}
{ | ∃ l, b, a ( ∈ borrower ∧ ∈ loan ∧ a > 1200)}
n Find the names of all customers who have a loan of over $1200
{ | ∈ loan ∧ a > 1200}
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Example Queries
n Find the names of all customers having a loan, an account, or both at
the Perryridge branch:
{ | ∃ s,n ( ∈ customer) ∧
∀ x,y,z ( ∈ branch ∧ y = “Brooklyn”) ⇒
∃ a,b ( ∈ account ∧ ∈ depositor)}
n Find the names of all customers who have an account at all
branches located in Brooklyn:
{ | ∃ l ( ∈ borrower
∧ ∃ b,a ( ∈ loan ∧ b = “Perryridge”))
∨ ∃ a ( ∈ depositor
∧ ∃ b,n ( ∈ account ∧ b = “Perryridge”))}
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Safety of Expressions
The expression:
{ | P (x1, x2, , xn )}
is safe if all of the following hold:
4. All values that appear in tuples of the expression are values
from dom (P ) (that is, the values appear either in P or in a tuple of a
relation mentioned in P ).
5. For every “there exists” subformula of the form ∃ x (P1(x )), the
subformula is true if and only if there is a value of x in dom (P1)
such that P1(x ) is true.
6. For every “for all” subformula of the form ∀x (P1 (x )), the subformula is
true if and only if P1(x ) is true for all values x from dom (P1).
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QuerybyExample (QBE)
n Basic Structure
n Queries on One Relation
n Queries on Several Relations
n The Condition Box
n The Result Relation
n Ordering the Display of Tuples
n Aggregate Operations
n Modification of the Database
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QBE — Basic Structure
n A graphical query language which is based (roughly) on the domain
relational calculus
n Two dimensional syntax – system creates templates of relations that
are requested by users
n Queries are expressed “by example”
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QBE Skeleton Tables for the Bank Example
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QBE Skeleton Tables (Cont.)
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Queries on One Relation
n Find all loan numbers at the Perryridge branch.
l _x is a variable (optional; can be omitted in above query)
l P. means print (display)
l duplicates are removed by default
l To retain duplicates use P.ALL
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Queries on One Relation (Cont.)
n Display full details of all loans
P._x P._y P._z
l Method 1:
l Method 2: Shorthand notation
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Queries on One Relation (Cont.)
n Find names of all branches that are not located in Brooklyn
n Find the loan number of all loans with a loan amount of more than $700
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Queries on One Relation (Cont.)
n Find the loan numbers of all loans made jointly to Smith and
Jones.
n Find all customers who live in the same city as Jones
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Queries on Several Relations
n Find the names of all customers who have a loan from the
Perryridge branch.
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Queries on Several Relations (Cont.)
n Find the names of all customers who have both an account and a loan
at the bank.
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Negation in QBE
n Find the names of all customers who have an account at the bank,
but do not have a loan from the bank.
¬ means “there does not exist”
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Negation in QBE (Cont.)
n Find all customers who have at least two accounts.
¬ means “not equal to”
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The Condition Box
n Allows the expression of constraints on domain variables that are
either inconvenient or impossible to express within the skeleton
tables.
n Complex conditions can be used in condition boxes
n Example: Find the loan numbers of all loans made to Smith, to
Jones, or to both jointly
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Condition Box (Cont.)
n QBE supports an interesting syntax for expressing alternative values
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Condition Box (Cont.)
n Find all account numbers with a balance greater than $1,300 and less than
$1,500
n Find all account numbers with a balance greater than $1,300 and less than
$2,000 but not exactly $1,500.
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Condition Box (Cont.)
n Find all branches that have assets greater than those of at least one
branch located in Brooklyn
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The Result Relation
n Find the customer_name, account_number, and balance for all
customers who have an account at the Perryridge branch.
l We need to:
Join depositor and account.
Project customer_name, account_number and balance.
l To accomplish this we:
Create a skeleton table, called result, with attributes
customer_name, account_number, and balance.
Write the query.
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The Result Relation (Cont.)
n The resulting query is:
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Ordering the Display of Tuples
n AO = ascending order; DO = descending order.
n Example: list in ascending alphabetical order all customers who have an
account at the bank
n When sorting on multiple attributes, the sorting order is specified by
including with each sort operator (AO or DO) an integer surrounded by
parentheses.
n Example: List all account numbers at the Perryridge branch in ascending
alphabetic order with their respective account balances in descending order.
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Aggregate Operations
n The aggregate operators are AVG, MAX, MIN, SUM, and CNT
n The above operators must be postfixed with “ALL” (e.g., SUM.ALL.
or AVG.ALL._x) to ensure that duplicates are not eliminated.
n Example: Find the total balance of all the accounts maintained at
the Perryridge branch.
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Aggregate Operations (Cont.)
n UNQ is used to specify that we want to eliminate duplicates
n Find the total number of customers having an account at the bank.
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Query Examples
n Find the average balance at each branch.
n The “G” in “P.G” is analogous to SQL’s group by construct
n The “ALL” in the “P.AVG.ALL” entry in the balance column ensures that
all balances are considered
n To find the average account balance at only those branches where the
average account balance is more than $1,200, we simply add the
condition box:
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Query Example
n Find all customers who have an account at all branches located in
Brooklyn.
l Approach: for each customer, find the number of branches in
Brooklyn at which they have accounts, and compare with total
number of branches in Brooklyn
l QBE does not provide subquery functionality, so both above tasks
have to be combined in a single query.
Can be done for this query, but there are queries that require
subqueries and cannot always be expressed in QBE.
n In the query on the next page
CNT.UNQ.ALL._w specifies the number of distinct branches in
Brooklyn. Note: The variable _w is not connected to other variables
in the query
CNT.UNQ.ALL._z specifies the number of distinct branches in
Brooklyn at which customer x has an account.
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Query Example (Cont.)
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Modification of the Database – Deletion
n Deletion of tuples from a relation is expressed by use of a D. command.
In the case where we delete information in only some of the columns,
null values, specified by –, are inserted.
n Delete customer Smith
n Delete the branch_city value of the branch whose name is “Perryridge”.
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Deletion Query Examples
n Delete all loans with a loan amount greater than $1300 and less than
$1500.
l For consistency, we have to delete information from loan and
borrower tables
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Deletion Query Examples (Cont.)
n Delete all accounts at branches located in Brooklyn.
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Modification of the Database – Insertion
n Insertion is done by placing the I. operator in the query
expression.
n Insert the fact that account A9732 at the Perryridge branch has
a balance of $700.
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Modification of the Database – Insertion (Cont.)
n Provide as a gift for all loan customers of the Perryridge branch, a new
$200 savings account for every loan account they have, with the loan
number serving as the account number for the new savings account.
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Modification of the Database – Updates
n Use the U. operator to change a value in a tuple without changing all
values in the tuple. QBE does not allow users to update the primary key
fields.
n Update the asset value of the Perryridge branch to $10,000,000.
n Increase all balances by 5 percent.
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Microsoft Access QBE
n Microsoft Access supports a variant of QBE called Graphical Query By
Example (GQBE)
n GQBE differs from QBE in the following ways
l Attributes of relations are listed vertically, one below the other,
instead of horizontally
l Instead of using variables, lines (links) between attributes are used
to specify that their values should be the same.
Links are added automatically on the basis of attribute name,
and the user can then add or delete links
By default, a link specifies an inner join, but can be modified to
specify outer joins.
l Conditions, values to be printed, as well as group by attributes are all
specified together in a box called the design grid
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An Example Query in Microsoft Access QBE
n Example query: Find the customer_name, account_number and balance
for all accounts at the Perryridge branch
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An Aggregation Query in Access QBE
n Find the name, street and city of all customers who have more than one
account at the bank
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Aggregation in Access QBE
n The row labeled Total specifies
l which attributes are group by attributes
l which attributes are to be aggregated upon (and the aggregate
function).
l For attributes that are neither group by nor aggregated, we can
still specify conditions by selecting where in the Total row and
listing the conditions below
n As in SQL, if group by is used, only group by attributes and aggregate
results can be output
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Datalog
n Basic Structure
n Syntax of Datalog Rules
n Semantics of Nonrecursive Datalog
n Safety
n Relational Operations in Datalog
n Recursion in Datalog
n The Power of Recursion
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Basic Structure
n Prologlike logicbased language that allows recursive queries; based on
firstorder logic.
n A Datalog program consists of a set of rules that define views.
n Example: define a view relation v1 containing account numbers and
balances for accounts at the Perryridge branch with a balance of over
$700.
v1 (A, B ) :– account (A, “Perryridge”, B ), B > 700.
n Retrieve the balance of account number “A217” in the view relation v1.
? v1 (“A217”, B ).
n To find account number and balance of all accounts in v1 that have a
balance greater than 800
? v1 (A,B ), B > 800
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Example Queries
n Each rule defines a set of tuples that a view relation must contain.
l E.g. v1 (A, B ) :– account (A, “ Perryridge”, B ), B > 700 is
read as
for all A, B
if (A, “Perryridge”, B ) ∈ account and B > 700
then (A, B ) ∈ v1
n The set of tuples in a view relation is then defined as the union of all the
sets of tuples defined by the rules for the view relation.
n Example:
interest_rate (A, 5) :– account (A, N, B ) , B < 10000
interest_rate (A, 6) :– account (A, N, B ), B >= 10000
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Negation in Datalog
n Define a view relation c that contains the names of all customers who
have a deposit but no loan at the bank:
c(N) :– depositor (N, A), not is_borrower (N).
is_borrower (N) :–borrower (N,L).
n NOTE: using not borrower (N, L) in the first rule results in a different
meaning, namely there is some loan L for which N is not a borrower.
l To prevent such confusion, we require all variables in negated
“predicate” to also be present in nonnegated predicates
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Named Attribute Notation
n Datalog rules use a positional notation that is convenient for relations with a
small number of attributes
n It is easy to extend Datalog to support named attributes.
l E.g., v1 can be defined using named attributes as
v1 (account_number A, balance B ) :–
account (account_number A, branch_name “ Perryridge”, balance B ),
B > 700.
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Formal Syntax and Semantics of Datalog
n We formally define the syntax and semantics (meaning) of Datalog
programs, in the following steps
1. We define the syntax of predicates, and then the syntax of rules
2. We define the semantics of individual rules
3. We define the semantics of nonrecursive programs, based on a
layering of rules
4. It is possible to write rules that can generate an infinite number of
tuples in the view relation. To prevent this, we define what rules
are “safe”. Nonrecursive programs containing only safe rules
can only generate a finite number of answers.
5. It is possible to write recursive programs whose meaning is
unclear. We define what recursive programs are acceptable, and
define their meaning.
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Syntax of Datalog Rules
n A positive literal has the form
p (t1, t2 ..., tn )
l p is the name of a relation with n attributes
l each ti is either a constant or variable
n A negative literal has the form
not p (t1, t2 ..., tn )
n Comparison operations are treated as positive predicates
l E.g. X > Y is treated as a predicate >(X,Y )
l “>” is conceptually an (infinite) relation that contains all pairs of
values such that the first value is greater than the second value
n Arithmetic operations are also treated as predicates
l E.g. A = B + C is treated as +(B, C, A), where the relation “+”
contains all triples such that the third value is the
sum of the first two
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Syntax of Datalog Rules (Cont.)
n Rules are built out of literals and have the form:
p (t1, t2, ..., tn ) :– L1, L2, ..., Lm.
head body
l each Li is a literal
l head – the literal p (t1, t2, ..., tn )
l body – the rest of the literals
n A fact is a rule with an empty body, written in the form:
p (v1, v2, ..., vn ).
l indicates tuple (v1, v2, ..., vn ) is in relation p
n A Datalog program is a set of rules
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Semantics of a Rule
n A ground instantiation of a rule (or simply instantiation) is the result
of replacing each variable in the rule by some constant.
l Eg. Rule defining v1
v1(A,B) :– account (A,“Perryridge”, B ), B > 700.
l An instantiation above rule:
v1 (“A217”, 750) :–account ( “A217”, “Perryridge”, 750),
750 > 700.
n The body of rule instantiation R’ is satisfied in a set of facts (database
instance) l if
1. For each positive literal qi (vi,1, ..., vi,ni ) in the body of R’, l contains
the fact qi (vi,1, ..., vi,ni ).
2. For each negative literal not qj (vj,1, ..., vj,nj ) in the body of R’, l
does not contain the fact qj (vj,1, ..., vj,nj ).
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Semantics of a Rule (Cont.)
n We define the set of facts that can be inferred from a given set of facts l
using rule R as:
infer(R, l) = { p (t1, ..., tn) | there is a ground instantiation R’ of R
where p (t1, ..., tn ) is the head of R’, and
the body of R’ is satisfied in l }
n Given an set of rules ℜ = {R1, R2, ..., Rn}, we define
infer(ℜ, l) = infer (R1, l ) ∪ infer (R2, l ) ∪ ... ∪ infer (Rn, l )
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Layering of Rules
n Define the interest on each account in Perryridge
interest(A, l) :– perryridge_account (A,B),
interest_rate(A,R), l = B * R/100.
perryridge_account(A,B) :– account (A, “Perryridge”, B).
interest_rate (A,5) :– account (N, A, B), B < 10000.
interest_rate (A,6) :– account (N, A, B), B >= 10000.
n Layering of the view relations
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Layering Rules (Cont.)
n A relation is a layer 1 if all relations used in the bodies of rules defining
it are stored in the database.
n A relation is a layer 2 if all relations used in the bodies of rules defining
it are either stored in the database, or are in layer 1.
n A relation p is in layer i + 1 if
l it is not in layers 1, 2, ..., i
l all relations used in the bodies of rules defining a p are either
stored in the database, or are in layers 1, 2, ..., i
Formally:
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Semantics of a Program
n Define I0 = set of facts stored in the database.
n Recursively define li+1 = li ∪ infer (ℜi+1, li )
n The set of facts in the view relations defined by the program
(also called the semantics of the program) is given by the set
of facts ln corresponding to the highest layer n.
Let the layers in a given program be 1, 2, ..., n. Let ℜi denote the
set of all rules defining view relations in layer i.
Note: Can instead define semantics using view expansion like
in relational algebra, but above definition is better for handling
extensions such as recursion.
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Safety
n It is possible to write rules that generate an infinite number of answers.
gt(X, Y) :– X > Y
not_in_loan (B, L) :– not loan (B, L)
To avoid this possibility Datalog rules must satisfy the following
conditions.
l Every variable that appears in the head of the rule also appears in
a nonarithmetic positive literal in the body of the rule.
This condition can be weakened in special cases based on the
semantics of arithmetic predicates, for example to permit the
rule
p (A ) : q (B ), A = B + 1
l Every variable appearing in a negative literal in the body of the
rule also appears in some positive literal in the body of the rule.
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Relational Operations in Datalog
n Project out attribute account_name from account.
query (A) :–account (A, N, B ).
n Cartesian product of relations r1 and r2.
query (X1, X2, ..., Xn, Y1, Y1, Y2, ..., Ym ) :–
r1 (X1, X2, ..., Xn ), r2 (Y1, Y2, ..., Ym ).
n Union of relations r1 and r2.
query (X1, X2, ..., Xn ) :–r1 (X1, X2, ..., Xn ),
query (X1, X2, ..., Xn ) :–r2 (X1, X2, ..., Xn ),
n Set difference of r1 and r2.
query (X1, X2, ..., Xn ) :–r1(X1, X2, ..., Xn ),
not r2 (X1, X2, ..., Xn ),
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Recursion in Datalog
n Suppose we are given a relation
manager (X, Y )
containing pairs of names X, Y such that Y is a manager of X (or
equivalently, X is a direct employee of Y).
n Each manager may have direct employees, as well as indirect
employees
l Indirect employees of a manager, say Jones, are employees of
people who are direct employees of Jones, or recursively,
employees of people who are indirect employees of Jones
n Suppose we wish to find all (direct and indirect) employees of manager
Jones. We can write a recursive Datalog program.
empl_jones (X ) : manager (X, Jones ).
empl_jones (X ) : manager (X, Y ), empl_jones (Y ).
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Semantics of Recursion in Datalog
n Assumption (for now): program contains no negative literals
n The view relations of a recursive program containing a set of rules ℜ are
defined to contain exactly the set of facts l
computed by the iterative procedure DatalogFixpoint
procedure DatalogFixpoint
l = set of facts in the database
repeat
Old_l = l
l = l ∪ infer (ℜ, l )
until l = Old_l
n At the end of the procedure, infer (ℜ, l ) ⊆ l
l Infer (ℜ, l ) = l if we consider the database to be a set of facts that
are part of the program
n l is called a fixed point of the program.
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Example of DatalogFixPoint Iteration
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A More General View
n Create a view relation empl that contains every tuple (X, Y ) such
that X is directly or indirectly managed by Y.
empl (X, Y ) :– manager (X, Y ).
empl (X, Y ) :– manager (X, Z ), empl (Z, Y )
n Find the direct and indirect employees of Jones.
? empl (X, “Jones”).
n Can define the view empl in another way too:
empl (X, Y ) :– manager (X, Y ).
empl (X, Y ) :– empl (X, Z ), manager (Z, Y ).
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The Power of Recursion
n Recursive views make it possible to write queries, such as transitive
closure queries, that cannot be written without recursion or iteration.
l Intuition: Without recursion, a nonrecursive noniterative program
can perform only a fixed number of joins of manager with itself
This can give only a fixed number of levels of managers
Given a program we can construct a database with a greater
number of levels of managers on which the program will not work
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Recursion in SQL
n Starting with SQL:1999, SQL permits recursive view definition
n E.g. query to find all employeemanager pairs
with recursive empl (emp, mgr ) as (
select emp, mgr
from manager
union
select manager.emp, empl.mgr
from manager, empl
where manager.mgr = empl.emp )
select *
from empl
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Monotonicity
n A view V is said to be monotonic if given any two sets of facts
I1 and I2 such that l1 ⊆ I2, then Ev (I1) ⊆ Ev (I2 ), where Ev is the expression
used to define V.
n A set of rules R is said to be monotonic if
l1 ⊆ I2 implies infer (R, I1 ) ⊆ infer (R, I2 ),
n Relational algebra views defined using only the operations: ∏, σ, ×, ∪, |
X|, ∩, and ρ (as well as operations like natural join defined in terms of
these operations) are monotonic.
n Relational algebra views defined using set difference (–) may not be
monotonic.
n Similarly, Datalog programs without negation are monotonic, but
Datalog programs with negation may not be monotonic.
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NonMonotonicity
n Procedure DatalogFixpoint is sound provided the rules in the program
are monotonic.
l Otherwise, it may make some inferences in an iteration that
cannot be made in a later iteration. E.g. given the rules
a : not b.
b : c.
c.
Then a can be inferred initially, before b is inferred, but not later.
n We can extend the procedure to handle negation so long as the
program is “stratified”: intuitively, so long as negation is not mixed
with recursion
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NonMonotonicity (Cont.)
n There are useful queries that cannot be expressed by a stratified
program
l Example: given information about the number of each subpart in
each part, in a partsubpart hierarchy, find the total number of
subparts of each part.
l A program to compute the above query would have to mix
aggregation with recursion
l However, so long as the underlying data (partsubpart) has no
cycles, it is possible to write a program that mixes aggregation
with recursion, yet has a clear meaning
l There are ways to evaluate some such classes of nonstratified
programs
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