SQL Query Resource Control Using Parse Tree Performance Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current resource control systems fail to proactively detect or prevent problematic SQL transactions, leading to system overload and requiring manual intervention by administrators, as they only engage after long-running transactions have already consumed resources, and defining rigid rules is difficult due to diverse data distribution and syntax variations.

Innovation Solution

A method involving database schema encoding, transformation of SQL parse and access path trees into matrices, detection of new transactions, and comparison with historical data using convolution kernels to identify potential performance issues, followed by simulation and feedback for resource management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual monitoring and intervention by database administrators is used to handle long-running SQL transactions, then system reliability can be maintained through human oversight, but productivity decreases due to manual labor requirements and response delays

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem reliabilityVSAvoidproductivity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements automated detection and classification of long-running SQL transactions using machine learning models that analyze transaction patterns, parse trees, and performance metrics. The system self-manages transaction monitoring, issue identification, and resource allocation adjustments without requiring manual administrator intervention, thereby maintaining reliability while significantly improving productivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors database transactions, compares actual performance against historical patterns and thresholds, and automatically adjusts resource allocation based on detected anomalies. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables the system to maintain reliability through continuous optimization while eliminating manual intervention overhead

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If resource control systems use rigid rules to manage SQL transactions, then ease of operation improves through simple control logic, but adaptability decreases due to inability to handle diverse data distribution and varying SQL syntax

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts monitoring parameters, thresholds, and resource allocation settings based on learned patterns from historical transaction data. Machine learning models automatically tune detection sensitivity and control parameters according to varying data distributions and SQL syntax variations, maintaining ease of operation while achieving high adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from static rigid rules to dynamic adaptive control by continuously learning from transaction patterns and adjusting behavior in real-time. The resource control mechanism adapts its parameters and decision logic based on current system state and historical performance, enabling it to handle diverse scenarios while maintaining operational simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If resource allocation is increased to handle all SQL transactions, then productivity improves through充足的 resources, but loss of energy increases due to resource overallocation

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveproductivityVSAvoidresource overallocation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies resource control selectively to only those transactions identified as problematic through pattern recognition and anomaly detection. Instead of uniformly controlling all transactions, the system targets specific long-running transactions that exhibit problematic patterns, achieving productivity improvement through focused intervention while minimizing energy loss by avoiding unnecessary control of normal transactions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12632423B2Dynamic query resource control
Publication Date: 2026.05.19 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A computer implemented method for identifying problematic database operations includes identifying database transactions which exhibit performance issues and corresponding parse trees, transforming corresponding parse trees to create historical descriptor arrays, detecting a new database transaction, generating a new descriptor array corresponding to the new database transaction, analyzing the new descriptor array and the historical descriptor arrays to determine whether the new descriptor array indicates a performance issue corresponding to the new database transaction, and responsive to determining that the new descriptor array indicates a performance issue, adding the new database transaction to a resource controlled pool. The method may additionally comprise encoding one or more data items associated with the database. The method may additionally include sending the new database transaction to a virtual database simulation to simulate the new database transaction's performance, and providing the simulation results to a feedback database system.