Re: UPDATE STATISTICS Problem

On 1 Jul 1998 11:20:10 GMT, "Robert Clow" <rclow@voyager.co.z> wrote: >* Does anybody out there think that these types of problems (or perceptions >of a problem) are a little tooo familiar? No. Not these. >* Does anybody think that a major problem Informix has is that update stats >is so influentual to performance but obviously a little obscure for mear >mortals to understand? This "problem" all but dissapeared when Art S. Kagel came out with his dostats program. After that there aren't many problems related to update statistics any more. We just run it regularly and the enginehums along. Check out http://www.iiug.org/software/software_index.html and find utils2_ak, download and compile. It's great. One day it will probably be included with the distribution of the engines from Informix - just another prediction. >In my book this is a number ONE PROBLEM - and Informix needs to understand >they are not communicating to their user base... Look above. >Sorry to break in on a thread - but these problems are painfull not only to >those of us with a problem but to those of us who think we understand... >pretty bloody obvious to me that the Documentation is obscure - and in an >area that has enough smoke & spells to make an experienced Druid wish he >was still back in the dim dark ages when Oracle was the answer, the only >answer... Well, the documentation on update statistics may not be the greatest there is. However the information available here on c.d.i. have clarified most things. Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html (Now with ODBC info under "Third party products".)