SQL/MX Comparison Guide for SQL/MP Users
DML Features
HP NonStop SQL/MX Comparison Guide for SQL/MP Users—523735-003
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Query Caching
Cache counters Number of statements, 
lookups, hits, drops. 
Extended to indicate whether 
statement was not cached 
because it is parallel, and 
parallel was not activated.
In-memory counters are: 
Number of entries, pinned 
entries, compiles, cachable 
compiles by phase, 
recompiles, retries, 
cachables, hits by phase, 
pinned hits by phase, 
displaced, cachable-but-too-
large, current size, max size, 
average plan size, max 
victims, optimization level, 
pinning state.
Per entry: hits, size, text, 
plan ID, row ID, phase, 
optimization level, catalog 
name, schema name, pin, 
number of parameters, 
parameter types, plan length, 
compilation time, average hit 
time, required shape, 
isolation level, access mode, 
autocommit, rollback mode 
setting.
Types of queries that 
are cachable
ExecDirect or Prepare user 
SQL DML statements, 
without dynamic parameters.
ExecDirect or Prepare user 
SQL DML statements.
When constant 
values are bound to 
a query's 
system-introduced 
parameters
Just before execute step in 
ODBC/MP server. Literals 
are transformed into 
parameters during the 
statement translate stage. 
After generate step in 
MXCMP compiler.
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