SQL/MX 2.x Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)
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Default Attributes
CATALOG Default ANSI catalog 
name.
Object Naming on 
page 10-47
CROSS_PRODUCT_CONTROL
Determines whether plans 
are eliminated that contain 
unnecessary 
cross-products.
Query Optimization and 
Performance on 
page 10-53
DATA_FLOW_OPTIMIZATION
Controls whether query 
plans are considered that 
have high data flow rates.
Query Optimization and 
Performance on 
page 10-53
DDL_DEFAULT_ LOCATIONS
Specifies the physical 
location of the primary 
range partition to be 
created by CREATE 
statements that do not 
specify a LOCATION 
clause.
Partition Management 
on page 10-50
DEF_MAX_HISTORY_ ROWS
Default for number of 
rows the SEQUENCE BY 
operator keeps in its 
history buffer.
Sequence Functions on 
page 10-61
DP2_CACHE_4096_BLOCKS
Specifies blocks allocated 
for disk cache.
Query Optimization and 
Performance on 
page 10-53
DYNAMIC_HISTOGRAM_ 
COMPRESSION
Reduces the number of 
histogram intervals for 
histograms of base table 
columns when those 
histograms are read from 
disk.
Histograms on 
page 10-40
FFDC_DIALOUTS_FOR_MXCMP
Controls whether FFDC 
dial-outs should occur 
when the compiler 
terminates abnormally or 
detects an internal error.
Query Optimization and 
Performance on 
page 10-53
FLOATTYPE
Controls whether the 
output of FLOAT data 
types should be treated as 
Tandem FLOAT or IEEE 
FLOAT.
Data Types on 
page 10-39
GENERATE_EXPLAIN
Controls whether 
EXPLAIN output is 
generated.
Query Optimization and 
Performance on 
page 10-53
GEN_EIDR_BUFFER_SIZE
Buffer size for partition 
access. 
Query Optimization and 
Performance on 
page 10-53
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