"Gregory S. Williamson" <gsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > HAving burdened others with my foolishness too often, I hesitate to > ask, but could someone either point me to a reference or explain what > the difference might be ... I can see it with the eyes but I am having > trouble understanding what Informix might have been doing to my (bad > ?) SQL to "fix" the query. Me too. Does informix have anything EXPLAIN-like to show what it's doing? regards, tom lane