Not only was this delete running unreasonably slow – it was also causing lock timeouts on the MEMBER table while running because of the slowness. This post contains application specific details that you don’t need to understand the underlying concept here, which applies across many SQL statements in the real world.
This is a new series that has been percolating in my head for a while. When I help clients with SQL, we’re often adding (or removing) indexes to help SQL performance. It has been said (though not by me) that…
While this post is specific to WebSphere Commerce, it covers concepts that may apply to tuning other delete statements as well. Using Functions in the Best Place The CLEANCONF table stores the delete statements that are used by DBCLEAN. Most…