Textbook Reading For Ch.12-13
In general, read lightly; concentrate on topics that you recognize from lecture.
Chapter 12, “Evaluation of Relational Operators
- Skim all cost calculation discussions
- Skip 12.2.2; 12.3 (all); pp.297-300; 12.7
Chapter 13, “Relational Query Optimization”
- Read pp.310-314
- skim 316 (starting at 13.2) to 325; skip rest of chapter