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    This document is an agenda for a session titled "DB2 EXPLAIN Explained" presented by Bonnie Baker on May 15, 2009. The agenda covers four levels of EXPLAIN details, from basic concepts and identifying issues to more advanced topics like new features in recent releases. Level 1 focuses on important EXPLAIN plan table columns, common access types, and how to fix problems. Level 2 discusses combining columns and new conclusions. Level 3 covers index-only updates/deletes and other advanced transformations. Level 4 presents new features like stage 2 predicates and filter factor calculations.

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    This document is an agenda for a session titled "DB2 EXPLAIN Explained" presented by Bonnie Baker on May 15, 2009. The agenda covers four levels of EXPLAIN details, from basic concepts and identifying issues to more advanced topics like new features in recent releases. Level 1 focuses on important EXPLAIN plan table columns, common access types, and how to fix problems. Level 2 discusses combining columns and new conclusions. Level 3 covers index-only updates/deletes and other advanced transformations. Level 4 presents new features like stage 2 predicates and filter factor calculations.

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    Session: C14

    DB2 EXPLAIN Explained


    Bonnie Baker Bonnie Baker Corporation
    May 15, 2009 10:30am 11:30am Platform: DB2 for z/OS

    Agenda
    EXPLAIN Potpourri LEVEL 1
    Basics: If you dont know this you dont know EXPLAIN

    LEVEL 2
    Graduate School

    LEVEL 3
    Gee Whiz Stuff

    LEVEL 4
    New Release Stuff
    2

    LEVEL 1
    Important Plan_Table columns Know what to expect How to spot RED FLAGS Know how to fix the problems

    LEVEL 2
    Combining Columns
    Come to new conclusions What you see is not always what you get

    LEVEL 3
    Index_Only Updates/Deletes An R may not be a tablespace scan Join transformation Subselect transformation Transitive Closure impact

    LEVEL 4
    Stage 2 Predicates Identified Screencols Documented Filter-Factor Calculations OSC

    Most Important Plan_table Columns


    Accesstype Accessname + Matchcols Index-Only Prefetch Page_Range

    Most Important Plan_table Cols cont.


    Method When_Optimize Opthint Hint_Used Primary_Accesstype

    Accesstype Essentials
    R Usually* a tablespace scan I Using an index but which one? And HOW is the index used? I1 This one is special we long for it

    Accesstype Essentials
    N Two ways to look at this one But why not just say I Blank Sort lines

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    Accessname & Matchcols


    You Must Know Index Names Columns + Order of columns And understand
    Matching = Matchcols Screening = Screencols Stage 1 vs. Stage 2 Impact Transitive Closure Impact
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    Index_Only
    True Index_Only Multiple Index Access Index Only Updates/Deletes

    12

    Prefetch
    Blank Sequential Detection S V9 Changes L D V9 Changes
    13

    Page_Range
    N Y Within Accesstype R * Within Accesstype I

    14

    Method, Opthint, Hint_Used


    Method
    0 1, 2, 4 Join Transformation Subquery Transformation 3 = Eight Sort_. Columns

    Opthint = Named Input + BIND parm Hint_Used = Output


    15

    Primary Accesstype
    D ROWID

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    Session: C14 DB2 EXPLAIN Explained

    Bonnie Baker
    Bonnie Baker Corporation bkbaker@bonniebaker.com

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