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table scan, that particular operation can use parallelism and benefit from SMP. Figure 11-10
shows how an SQL SELECT statement can take advantage of SMP.
Figure 11-10 SQL Requests and SMP
Some operations, such as ordering the data via a sort, are not performed in parallel and do
not benefit from SMP.
If a temporary index is created during the query request, the operation can benefit from SMP.
As queries are analyzed and tuned for performance, it is important to remember which
methods and strategies are parallel-enabled and potentially benefit from SMP.
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