The Optimization page on the Optimization tab of the Preferences window allows you to decide which SQL syntax to use for the table joins, whether to apply some the advanced SQL transformation rules, and if you would like the SQL Optimizer to generate alternatives that use temporary tables.
Temp table generation
If selected, alternative SQL statements that use temporary tables to obtain the exact same results may be generated during the optimization process.
Apply selected forces to temp table SQL
If selected, forces are applied to the SQL statement that create and use the temporary table. This option is only available if the Temp table generation checkbox is selected.
Rewrite SQL using the same JOIN syntax as the original SQL
Specify that the alternative SQL statements join the tables in the FROM clause using the same SQL syntax that is used in the original SQL statement. If the original SQL statement contains both syntax types, then the optimization process will rewrite the syntax using the Ansi-92 JOIN syntax. The outer join is not including in this conversion.
Rewrite SQL using the Ansi-92 JOIN syntax
Specify to use the JOIN clause from the Ansi-92 SQL standard when generating the SQL alternatives. During the optimization, the SQL statement is converted to the Ansi-92 SQL standard and then SQL syntax transformation rules are applied to rewrite the converted SQL statement. Next, the ASE optimization forces, goals, and criteria are applied to the original SQL and the transformed SQL. So you may see SQL alternatives that use the JOIN syntax from the original SQL and not the Ansi-92 JOIN syntax, but these SQL alternatives are simply the original SQL with the ASE optimization options applied.
The outer join is not including in this conversion because Ansi-92 OUTER JOIN syntax does not always retrieve the same result set as the outer join using the (+) operator. So to avoid producing the wrong result set, the conversion of the outer join syntax cannot be applied.
For example:
SELECT DPT_ID
FROM EMPLOYEE
INNER JOIN DEPARTMENT
ON EMP_DEPT = DPT_ID
Rewrite SQL without using the Ansi-92 JOIN syntax
Specify to join tables in the FROM clause without the JOIN syntax or using comma. The join analysis occurs in the WHERE clause which specifies the column in one table that is compared to a column in another table. During the optimization, the SQL statement is converted from the Ansi-92 SQL standard and then SQL syntax transformation rules are applied to rewrite the converted SQL. Next, the ASE optimization forces, goals, and criteria are applied to the original SQL and the transformed SQL. So you may see SQL alternatives that use the JOIN syntax from the original SQL, but these SQL alternatives are simply the original SQL with the ASE optimization options applied.
The outer join is not including in this conversion because Ansi-92 OUTER JOIN syntax does not always retrieve the same result set as the outer join using the (+) operator. So to avoid producing the wrong result set, the conversion of the outer join syntax cannot be applied.
For example:
SELECT DPT_ID
FROM EMPLOYEE,
DEPARTMENT
WHERE DPT_ID = EMP_DEPT
Rewrite SQL with and without using the ANSI-92 JOIN syntax
Specify to join tables using either one of the JOIN syntax methods. The OUTER JOIN is not including in this conversion because Ansi-92 JOIN syntax is needed to define an OUTER JOIN.
Enable transformation that adds COALESCE.
Specify to apply the SQL syntax transformation rule that adds COALESCE to a column. When the data is retrieved, the COALSECE function, which in this case is not actually doing anything to change the value of the column, causes a full table scan or the database to pick another index to use. For example:
SELECT *
FROM EMPLOYEE,
DEPARTMENT
WHERE COALESCE(DPT_ID, DPT_ID) = EMP_DEPT
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