Bad Access Path For FETCH FIRST n ROWS or OPTIMISE FOR n ROWS

(Originally posted 2006-02-24.)

APAR PK18018 documents a condition where the use of either the

FETCH FIRST n ROWS

or

OPTIMISE FOR n ROWS

clauses leads to a suboptimal access path. Occasionally you can get an ABEND.

This APAR is marked for DB2 Version 8 only.