Nest and Unnest Operators in Nested Relations
By distinguishing nested attributes as Decomposable and Non-Decomposable, it is proved that for all nested relations, unnesting and then renesting on the same attribute yields the original relation subject only to the elimination of duplicate data. Therefore, the statement that was popular in nested...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2008-05-01
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| Series: | Data Science Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://datascience.codata.org/articles/319 |
| Summary: | By distinguishing nested attributes as Decomposable and Non-Decomposable, it is proved that for all nested relations, unnesting and then renesting on the same attribute yields the original relation subject only to the elimination of duplicate data. Therefore, the statement that was popular in nested relations research: "Unnesting and then nesting on the same attribute of a nested relation does not always yield the original relation" is reconsidered. |
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| ISSN: | 1683-1470 |