A database query optimizes relation joins using dynamic programming; what happens to memory use as the number of joined tables increases?

💡 Explanation

Memory usage increases because dynamic programming stores intermediate results of subproblems to avoid recomputation; therefore, as the number of tables and joins increases, more intermediate tables are stored, increasing memory consumption, rather than remaining constant or decreasing.

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