5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step of making modifications to said second query includes: wherein a first subset of values in said dimension column satisfy said particular predicate; wherein a second subset of values from said dimension column are contained in said second array; generating a third query whose results include the first subset of values and the second subset of values; and adding a predicate to the second query that restricts said dimension column to the results of the third query.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of making modifications to said second query includes: determining the subset of values that are contained in said second array; and adding a predicate to said second query that restricts said dimension column based on a disjunction of said subset of values and the particular predicate.