After conversions to 8.0, I had a few instances of reports that were slower
than they had been in 7.6. But in my case, the project-to-temp-table
solution alternative made them much faster.
I have a theory -- based on little knowledge -- that there are some formulas
in the "query optimizer" that do some hard-coded math with assumptions about
32-bit pointers in indexes. In 8.0, the pointers are 64-bits.

My only evidence to support this theory is that the "same" query optimizer
and the "same" indexes give different results. What has changed?

Bill

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Lawrence Lustig <[email protected]>wrote:

> <<
> Upon reconsideration, you’re probably right, Larry.  I should keep my brain
> away from the keyboard after a certain hour.
>
> >>
>
>
> No worries.  I have to say that I'm intrigued by this issue that Marc is
> having.  Although I have a copy of 8.0 we don't yet have any production
> applications that use it.  I'd hate to think that anything actually gets
> _slower_ moving to 8.0, so I'm hoping Marc posts the eventual solution to
> his problem.
>
> --
>
> Larry
>
>
>

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