603 Database Systems

Senior Lecturer: Laurie Webster II, M.S.S.E.,M.S.E.E., M.S.BME, Ph.D., P.E.

Lecture 14Lecture 14

A First Course in Database Systems

Relational CalculusTransforming the Universal ( ), and Existential( )

Quantifiers ( Well-Known transformations from Mathematical Logic) :

(x) (P(x)) not ( x) (not(P(x)))

( x) (P(x)) not (x) (not(P(x)))

(x) (P(x) and Q(x)) not ( x) (not(P(x)) or not (Q(x)))

(x) (P(x) or Q(x)) not ( x) (not(P(x)) and not (Q(x)))

( x) (P(x) or Q(x)) not ( x) (not(P(x)) and not (Q(x)))

( x) (P(x) and Q(x)) not ( x) (not(P(x)) or not (Q(x)))

Relational Calculus

NOTICE:

(x) (P(x)) ( x) (P(x))

not ( x) (P(x)) not ( x) (P(x))

Relational CalculusThe Existential( ) and Universal( ) Quantifiers:

Truth Values for formulas with these quantifiers are described below:1. If F is a formula, then so is ( t )(F), where t is a tuple variable.

( t )(F) is TRUE if the formula F evaluates to TRUE for some (at least one) tuple assigned to free occurrences of t in F; otherwise is

( t )(F) FALSE.

2. If F is a formula, then so is ( t )(F), where t is a tuple variable.

( t )(F) is TRUE if the formula F evaluates to TRUE for every tuple (in the universe) tuple assigned to free occurrences of t in F; otherwise is ( t )(F) FALSE.

Relational Calculus

Concept of free and bound tuple variables:

Informally, a tuple variable is bound if it is

quantified, meaning that it appears in an (t ) or

( t ) clause; otherwise, it is free.

Relational CalculusFormally, a tuple variable is free or bound according to the following rules:

* An occurrence of a tuple variable in a formula F

that is an atom is free in F

* An occurrence of a tuple variable t is free or

bound in a formula made up of logical

connectives- ( F1 and F2), ( F1 or F2), not (F1 )

and not ( F2 ) - depending on whether it is free

or bound in F1 or F2 (if it occurs in either).

Relational CalculusFormally, a tuple variable is free or bound according to the following rules(continued):

* All free occurrences of a tuple variable t in F

are bound in a formula F’ of the form

F’ = ( t )(F) or ( t )(F) . The tuple variable is

bound to the quantifier specified in F’.

Relational CalculusThe ( ) quantifier is called an existential quantifier because a formula ( t )(F) is TRUE if “there exists” some tuple that makes F TRUE.

For the universal quantifier, ( t )(F) is TRUE if every possible tuple that can be assigned to free occurrences of t in F is substituted for t, and F is TRUE for every such substitution.

It is called the universal (or for all) quantifier because every tuple in “the universe of” tuples must make F TRUE to make the quantified formula TRUE.

Relational CalculusEXAMPLE:

F1:d.DNAME = “Research”

F2:( t )(d.DNUMBER = t.DNO)

d is bound

F3:(d ) (d.MGRSSN = ‘33445555’)

The tuple variable d is free in both F1 and F2 , whereas it is bound to the universal quantifier in F3. Variable t is bound to the ( ) quantifier in F2 .

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL ( ) QUANTIFIER:

Query 1

Retrieve the name and address of all employees who work for the ‘Research’ department.

Q1: {t.FNAME, t.LNAME, t.ADDRESS EMPLOYEE(t) and

( d) (DEPARTMENT (d) and d.DNAME = “Research’ and d.DNUMBER = t.DNO)}

The only free tuple variables in a relational calculus expression should be those that appear on the left of the bar ( ).

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL ( ) QUANTIFIER:

Query 1 continued:

Q1: {t.FNAME, t.LNAME, t.ADDRESS EMPLOYEE(t) and

( d) (DEPARTMENT (d) and d.DNAME = “Research’ and

d.DNUMBER = t.DNO)}

In Q1, t is the only free variable ; it is then bound successively to each tuple.

If a tuple satisfies the conditions specified in Q1, the attributes FNAME, LNAME, and ADDRESS are retrieved for each such tuple

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL ( ) QUANTIFIER:

Query 1 continued:

Q1: {t.FNAME, t.LNAME, t.ADDRESS EMPLOYEE(t) and

( d) (DEPARTMENT (d) and d.DNAME = “Research’

and d.DNUMBER = t.DNO)}

The conditions EMPLOYEE(t) and DEPARTMENT(d) specify the range relations for t and d.

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL ( ) QUANTIFIER:

Query 1 continued:

Q1: {t.FNAME, t.LNAME, t.ADDRESS EMPLOYEE(t) and

( d) (DEPARTMENT (d) and d.DNAME = “Research’

and d.DNUMBER = t.DNO)}

The condition d.DNAME=‘Research’ is a selection condition and corresponds to a SELECT operation in the relational algebra,where as the condition d.DNUMBER

= t.DNO is a join condition and serves a similar purpose to the JOIN operation

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL () QUANTIFIER:

Query 2

For every project located in ‘Stafford’, list the project number, the controlling department number, and the department manager’s last name, birthdate, and address.

Q2: {p.PNUMBER, p.DNUM, m.LNAME, m.BDATE, m.ADDRESS PROJECT (p) and EMPLOYEE(m) and p.PLOCATION =‘Stafford’ and (( d) (DEPARTMENT(d)

and p.DNUM = d.DNUMBER and d.MGRSSN = m.SSN))}

Relational Calculus

EXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL () QUANTIFIER:

Q2: {p.PNUMBER, p.DNUM, m.LNAME, m.BDATE, m.ADDRESS PROJECT (p) and EMPLOYEE(m) and p.PLOCATION =‘Stafford’ and (( d) (DEPARTMENT(d)

and p.DNUM = d.DNUMBER and d.MGRSSN = m.SSN))}

In Q2 there are two free tuple variables, p and m.

Tuple variable d is bound to the existential quantifier.

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL () QUANTIFIER:

Query 3:

Make a list of project numbers for projects that involve and employee whose last name is ‘Smith’, either as a worker or a manager of the controlling department for

the project.

Q3: {p.PNUMBER PROJECT(p) and ((( e)( w) (EMPLOYEE(e) and WORKS_ON(w) and w.PNO=p.PNUMBER and e.LNAME=‘Smith’ and e.SSN=w.ESSN)) or (( m)( d)(EMPLOYEE(m) and DEPARTMENT(d) and p.DNUM=p.DNUMBER and d.MGRSSN=m.SSN and m.LNAME=‘Smith’)))}

UNION in Relational Algebra = or in TRC

Relational CalculusEXAMPLES USING THE EXISTENTIAL () QUANTIFIER:

Query: Find the name of each employee who works on some project controlled by department number 5.

Q(some): {e.LNAME, e.FNAME EMPLOYEE(e) and

(( x)( w) (PROJECT(x) and WORKS_ON(w) and x.DNUM=5 and w.ESSN=e.SSN and x.PNUMBER=w.PNO))}

Q(all): {e.LNAME, e.FNAME EMPLOYEE(e) and

((x )(not (PROJECT(x)) or not x.DNUM=5 or ( ( w) WORKS_ON(w) and w.ESSN=e.SSN and x.PNUMBER=w.PNO))))}

Relational Calculus

Using the Universal( ) Quantifier:

NOTE: Whenever we use a universal ( ) quantifier, it is quite judicious to follow a few rules to ensure that our expression make sense.

Q(all): {e.LNAME, e.FNAME EMPLOYEE(e) and

((x )(not (PROJECT(x)) or not x.DNUM=5 or ( ( w) WORKS_ON(w) and w.ESSN=e.SSN and x.PNUMBER=w.PNO))))}

We can break up this query into its basic components.

Relational CalculusQ(all): {e.LNAME, e.FNAME EMPLOYEE(e) and

((x )(not (PROJECT(x)) or not x.DNUM=5 or ( ( w) WORKS_ON(w) and w.ESSN=e.SSN and x.PNUMBER=w.PNO))))}

We can break up this query into its basic components as follows:

Q(all): {e.LNAME, e.FNAME EMPLOYEE(e) and F’}

F’= ((x )(not (PROJECT(x)) or F1))

F1= not x.DNUM=5 or F2

F2 = ( ( w) WORKS_ON(w) and w.ESSN=e.SSN and x.PNUMBER=w.PNO))

Relational CalculusEMPLOYEE Ai SSN . . . . . An

PROJECT Bi PNUMBER DNUM Bn

WORK_ON Ci ESSN PNO Cn

Relational CalculusQuery: Find the name of each employee who works on some

project controlled by department number 5.

Q(some): {e.LNAME, e.FNAME EMPLOYEE(e) and

(( x)( w) (PROJECT(x) and WORKS_ON(w) and

x.DNUM=5 and w.ESSN=e.SSN and

x.PNUMBER= w.PNO))}

{t u p(t[A] = u[A] t[B] = u[B])} Project

Project => select certain columns (attributes)

{t x w p(t[A] = x[A] t[B] = x[B] ) (t[A] = w[A]))}

Employee e works on every project x in dept num 5!!!