On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 08:42, Luis Alberto Amigo Navarro wrote:
> >
> > (2) Use programmatic hints which allow coders specify which indexes are
> used
> > during a query. (ala Oracle)
> >
> As I said before it would be useful a way to improve(not force) using
> indexes on particular queries, i.e. lowering the cost of using this index on
> this query.
> Regards
I was told that DB2 has per-table (or rather per-tablespace) knowledge
of disk speeds, so keeping separate random and seqsqan costs for each
table and index could be a good way here (to force use of a particular
index make its use cheap)
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Hannu
