Example VTICosting implementation Once you have measured your table function's cost, you can write the VTICosting methods. FunctionsVTICosting example

Optimizer fine-tuning can be added to the EmployeeTable table function shown before in :

package com.example.hrSchema; import java.io.Serializable; import java.sql.*; import org.apache.derby.vti.VTICosting; import org.apache.derby.vti.VTIEnvironment; /** * Tuned table function. */ public class TunedEmployeeTable extends EmployeeTable implements VTICosting { public TunedEmployeeTable() {} public double getEstimatedRowCount( VTIEnvironment optimizerState ) throws SQLException { return getRowCount( optimizerState ); } public double getEstimatedCostPerInstantiation( VTIEnvironment optimizerState ) throws SQLException { double I = 100.0; // optimizer imprecision double P = 10.0; // cost per row in milliseconds double E = 0.0; // cost of instantiating the external // ResultSet double N = getRowCount( optimizerState ); return I * ( ( P * N ) + E ); } public boolean supportsMultipleInstantiations( VTIEnvironment optimizerState ) throws SQLException { return true; } ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// private double getRowCount( VTIEnvironment optimizerState ) throws SQLException { String ROW_COUNT_KEY = "rowCountKey"; Double estimatedRowCount = (Double) getSharedState( optimizerState, ROW_COUNT_KEY ); if ( estimatedRowCount == null ) { Connection conn = getConnection(); PreparedStatement ps = conn.prepareStatement( "select count(*) from hrSchema.EmployeeTable" ); ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery(); rs.next(); estimatedRowCount = new Double( rs.getDouble( 1 ) ); setSharedState( optimizerState, ROW_COUNT_KEY, estimatedRowCount ); rs.close(); ps.close(); conn.close(); } return estimatedRowCount.doubleValue(); } private Serializable getSharedState( VTIEnvironment optimizerState, String key ) { return (Serializable) optimizerState.getSharedState( key ); } private void setSharedState( VTIEnvironment optimizerState, String key, Serializable value ) { optimizerState.setSharedState( key, value ); } }