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Accesses to Overflowed Records Since Connect


Snapshot Information Level
Table

API Structure(s)
sqlm_table

Monitor Group
Table

Resettable

Yes

 

Event Information Level
Table

API Structure(s)
sqlm_table_event

 

API Element Name
Element Type

overflow_accesses
counter

 

Description:  The number of accesses (reads and writes) to overflowed rows of this table.

Usage:  Overflowed rows indicate that data fragmentation has occurred. If this number is high, you may be able to improve table performance by reorganizing the table using the REORG utility, which cleans up this fragmentation.

A row overflows if it is updated and no longer fits in the data page where it was originally written. This usually happens as a result of an update of a VARCHAR or an ALTER TABLE statement.

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