Explain w/o execution

Posted in 1998

Lauri Pietarinen — Wed, 18 Feb 1998 14:24:32 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Is it possible to get the explanation of an access path without executing the query? Now the steps to be taken are... 1. execute "set explain on" 2. execute the query When operating against a big database, it would be nice to know in advance if the access path will be reasonable. Lauri Pietarinen AtBusiness Communications