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== Space Complexity Graph ==
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== Time-Space Tradeoff ==
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Latest revision as of 09:07, 28 April 2023

Description

An SQL join clause - corresponding to a join operation in relational algebra - combines columns from one or more tables in a relational database.

Parameters

$m,n$: sizes of input tables

Table of Algorithms

Name Year Time Space Approximation Factor Model Reference
Nested loop join 1960 $O(nm)$ $O({1})$ Exact Deterministic
Sort merge join 1960 $O(nlogn + mlogm)$ $O(n+m)$? Exact Deterministic
Hash join 1960 $O(n+m)$ $O(n+m)$? Exact Deterministic

Time Complexity Graph

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