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Terminology Variations

Relational algebra expression of SQL query
  • intermediate query representation
  • logical query plan
Execution plan as collection of RelOps
  • query evaluation plan
  • query execution plan
  • physical query plan
Representation of RA operators and expressions
  • σ = Select = Sel,     π = Project = Proj
  • R ⋈ S = R Join S = Join(R,S),     = &,     = |