sqlteradatavolatilecognosquery-tuning

Optimizing huge value list in Teradata without volatile tables

Have a value list like`

`where a.c1 in ( list ) `

Then shoving the list in the volatile table is the best way out. However this is being done via cognos & IBM isn't smart enough to know what Teradata's volatile table is. I wish It was so I could use exclusion logic Exists to go through the volatile table contents. So without volatile table , I have a value list where a.c1 in ( list ) which has like 5K values. Keeping that list in the report is proving expensive. I wondered if it was possible to store this kind of list some place before bringing it in the report. How about CTE and using exists on a CTE , would that achieve similar gains.

Solution

  • You can pass the list as a string and then split it into a table, e.g. for a list of integers:

    where a.c1 in
 (
   SELECT CAST(token AS INT)
   FROM TABLE (STRTOK_SPLIT_TO_TABLE(1, '1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,5000', ',')
        RETURNS (outkey INTEGER,
                 tokennum INTEGER,
                 token VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET UNICODE)
              ) AS dt 
 )

    Of course the optimizer has no knowledge about the number of rows returned, so better check Explain...