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RelaDonal
Algebra
Review
• RelaDons
are
sets
of
tuples
–
no
duplicates
allowed
• Basic
operaDons:
– Selec%on
(σ)
Selects
a
subset
of
rows
from
relaDon.
– Projec%on
(π)
Deletes
unwanted
columns
from
relaDon.
– Cross-‐product
(×)
Allows
us
to
combine
two
relaDons.
– Set-‐difference
(−)
Tuples
in
reln.
1,
but
not
in
reln.
2.
– Union
(U)
Tuples
in
reln.
1
and
in
reln.
2.
• AddiDonal
operaDons:
– IntersecDon,
join,
division,
renaming:
Not
essenDal,
but
(very!)
useful.
• Each
operaDon
returns
a
relaDon,
operaDons
can
be
composed!
(Algebra
is
“closed”.)
Lipyeow
Lim
-‐-‐
University
of
Hawaii
at
Manoa
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