Reading the contents of windows showing function statistics

Top area of the window

The top area of any window that shows function statistics contains general information about the function.

The columns in the window show both those statistics that were gathered at the time of the explain, and those that currently exist in the system catalog tables.



Rows in the windows showing function statistics

The following information is contained in the rows of the windows showing function statistics:

IOS_PER_INVOC
The estimated number of read/write requests executed each time a function is executed.

INSTS_PER_INVOC
The estimated number of machine instructions executed each time a function is executed.

IOS_PER_ARGBYTE
The estimated number of read/write requests executed per input argument byte.

INSTS_PER_ARGBYTE
The estimated number of machine instructions executed per input argument byte.

INITIAL_IOS
The estimated number of read/write requests executed only the first or last time the function is invoked.

INITIAL_INSTS
The estimated number of machine instructions executed only the first or last time the function is invoked.

PERCENT_ARGBYTE
The estimated average percent of input argument bytes that the function will actually process.