DIRECTIVES configuration parameter

Use the DIRECTIVES configuration parameter to enable or disable the use of optimizer directives. These directives specify behavior for the query optimizer in developing query plans for SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.

onconfig.std value
DIRECTIVES 1
values
0 = Optimizer directives disabled

1 = Optimizer directives enabled

takes effect
After you edit your onconfig file and restart the database server.
When you reset the value dynamically in your onconfig file by running the onmode -wf command.
When you reset the value in memory by running the onmode -wm command.
environment variable
IFX_DIRECTIVES

Usage

Set DIRECTIVES to 1, which is the default value, to enable the database server to process optimizer directives. Set DIRECTIVES to 0 to disable the database server from processing directives.

Client programs also can set the IFX_DIRECTIVES environment variable to ON or OFF to enable or disable processing of directives by the database server. The setting of the IFX_DIRECTIVES environment variable overrides the setting of the DIRECTIVES configuration parameter. If you do not set the IFX_DIRECTIVES environment variable, all sessions for a client inherit the database server configuration for processing directives.