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Multiple access plans can be maintained for a single SQL statement. Although the SQL
statement itself is the primary hash key to the SQE Plan Cache, different environmental
settings can cause different access plans to be stored in the SQE Plan Cache. Examples of
these environmental settings include:
Different SMP Degree settings for the same query
Different library lists specified for the query tables
Different settings for the job’s share of available memory in the current pool
Different ALWCPYDTA settings
Currently, the SQE Plan Cache can maintain a maximum of three different access plans ...