Re: Retrieving 1, and only 1, row in SQL

If I remember, the 3rd run of the same statement results in some kind of
statement caching. Besides, the SQL resources are all in place.

At 04:41 PM 3/15/02 -0500, you wrote:

>Normally I would agree to running the debugger.  But my question is this:
>If I do see a performance suggestion, won't it be something like 'create an
>index-CPI432F'?  And I am not going to do that on a IBM supplied file.
>But I ran the debugger.
>
>select dbname
>from qsys2/syscolumns
>where dbname='DATDIVF'
>fetch first 1 row only
>Time=2 sec - not bad
>CPI432C - QSYS/QADBILLB  0
>CPI432F - DBIREL, DBILB2, DBIATR
>
>select count(*) from qsys2/syscolumns
>where dbname='DATDIVF'
>  and TBNAME between 'AAAAAAAAAA' and 'ZZZZZZZZZZ'
>  and NAME between  'AAAAAAAAAA' and 'ZZZZZZZZZZ'
>Time=55 sec
>CPI432C - QSYS/QADBILLB  0
>CPI432F - DBIREL, DBILB2, DBIATR, DBILFI, DBILFL
>
>I'll probably either bust this down into 2 sql's or 1 api call and 1 sql.
>
>Now for the weird part.  I ran several consecutive time trials.  I would
>signoff, signon, strdbg, strsql, and run the above statement.  After a
>couple of runs it got to be pretty fast.  Does it store a temporary access
>path that it uses, and does this path actually span jobs?
>
>
>Rob Berendt
>--
>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>Benjamin Franklin
>
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