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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Adam D. Braham, Rochester, MN (US);
Andrew P. Passe, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method of creating an access plan for a database query is disclosed. The system and method include identifying a first portion of a column of a table of a database. The first portion of the column may be in a select statement of the database query. The system and method include estimating a first statistical value for the column. The estimating may occur by analyzing a second portion of the column. The system and method include generating the access plan to predict a characteristic of a set of results for the database query. In generating the access plan, the first statistical value for the column may be used.