Query processing and user interaction form the cornerstone of modern database systems, providing the framework for translating high‐level user queries into efficient, actionable operations. As data ...

Prior to SQL Server 2017, query processing was a monolithic process. The SQL Server query optimizer would first construct a query plan for a batch of T-SQL code, a stored procedure, or function and ...

The preprint “POLAR: Adaptive and Non-invasive Join Order Selection via Plans of Least Resistance.” introduces an adaptive query processing technique that lowers the adoption barrier for existing ...

Transforming the query may involve transforming plaintext values to ciphertext values, indicating one or more user-defined functions (UDFs) in place of query operations to perform equivalent ...