11.4Exploring Query Execution Plans to Improve Database Design205
11.4Exploring Query Execution Plans to Improve
Database Design
The following example highlights some of the typical attributes of a query execution
plan, and although this example uses DB2 similar to a query execution plan, insights are
typical of the major vendors with their respective tooling. In this example we will look
Figure 11.4Explain output in text.
206CHAPTER 11Query Execution Plans and Physical Design
at a fragment of a query execution plan for a complex query. The full query is query #20
from the TPC-H industry-standard benchmark (see www.tpc.org). The full query is ...
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