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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Michael S. Faunce, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Robert Muras, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Faunce, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian Robert Muras, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A database query optimizer determines when no optimal index for a query exists, determines whether a sub-optimal index exists, and if so, uses statistical information for each additional key in the sub-optimal index to rewrite the query in a manner that allows traversing the sub-optimal index. The sub-optimal index is then probed using the rewritten query, and the number of estimated returned rows is then used to optimize the query.