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Re: Query Optimizer / SQL Translation
Posted by: Timour Katchaounov
Date: December 14, 2005 02:55AM

Hi Dave,

I have to dissapoint you a bit, there is no explicit internal representation of SQL as a
relational algebra tree with (select, join, etc.) nodes that one may find in database
textbooks. Instead the server represents queries internally as a number of interrelated
data strucutures that are created/filled-in at various stages of query processing.
If one is familiar with these data structures it is possible to extract a relational
algebra tree, but it is not a trivial task. The closest code that performs a similar
task is the code for EXPLAIN which can be found in sql/sql_select.cc. Look at the
procedures in the end of the file, after the comment "EXPLAIN handling".

Let me know what exactly you are trying to achieve, then I can give you some more
concrete suggestions for a solution.


Best regards,

Timour Katchaounov, Software Developer,
MySQL

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Timour Katchaounov, Software Engineer - Optimizer
MySQL AB, www.mysql.com

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