Re: Online Dynamic Server 7.3 : Index not used!
Posted in 2000
Hi,
I've drop et re-create the index,
I've run oncheck -cI -y,
I've run "update statististics"
but with no succes!
Any other idea ?
David Van Wallendael
Michael Krzepkowski wrote:
> HI!
>
> Have you run "update statistics" ?
>
> You can also force 7.3 to use index with the directives in SELECT
> statement.
>
> HTH
>
> Michael
>
> David Van Wallendael wrote:
>
> > Hello Everybody!
> >
> > I've recently migrated my unix server with the informix online 5.0 to
> > informix dynamic server 7.3. My problem is this : When i make a simple
> > query on a table, the index are not used
> >
> > Here's my table "fiche_ft" with the index :
> >
> > Column name Type Nulls
> >
> > fi_nume integer yes
> > fi_zone char(3) yes
> > fi_mot varchar(50,0) yes
> >
> > Index name Owner Type Cluster Columns
> >
> > ft1 informix dupls No fi_nume
> >
> > ft2 informix dupls No fi_mot
> >
> > ft3 informix dupls No fi_zone
> >
> > Here's the file sqexplain.out :
> > ===================
> >
> > QUERY:
> > ------
> > SELECT ft.fi_nume FROM fiche_ft ft
> > WHERE fi_zone != '4a' AND fi_mot LIKE 'ethos%'> >
> > Estimated Cost: 8888
> > Estimated # of Rows Returned: 44593
> >
> > 1) informix.ft: SEQUENTIAL SCAN
> >
> > Filters: (informix.ft.fi_zone != '4a' AND informix.ft.fi_mot LIKE
> > 'ethos%'
> >
> > As you can see , the index are not used...
> >
> > Did someone had already the same problem ?
> > Did someone has an idea how to force the use of index ?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > David Van Wallendael
> > www.irislink.com