We argue for a new aggregate function we termed the LIST function. It aggregates a set of values of one or more attributes into a single value that is internally a list of these v...
In the conventional Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, many research projects or practical applications still use the keyword-based retrieval methods in the information searching compon...
In order to guarantee efficient query processing together with industrial strength, spatial index structures have to be integrated into fully-fledged object-relational database ma...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peter Kunath, Martin Pfeifle, ...
In this paper we present an authorization mechanism for a relational database. It allows defining the user privileges exact to a table row. To implement that we used the INSTEAD t...
This paper discusses how to extend the applicability of the recursive cascade update command of the Xplain query language. This command guarantees termination because cycle detect...
Nowadays, classical conceptual models (such as ER or UML) are used for designing database applications. These classical conceptual models usually come with associated CASE tools a...
Mohammed Minout, Christine Parent, Esteban Zim&aac...
In the last few years, we have been witnessing an evergrowing need for continuous observation and monitoring applications. This need is driven by recent technological advances that...
Themis Palpanas, Vana Kalogeraki, Dimitrios Gunopu...
Preference queries aim to retrieve from large databases those objects that better match user’s requirements. Approaches proposed so far in the DB field for specifying preference...