| 摘要 |
A method and system are provided for identifying and selecting an optimal access method for reading an ILDS. A counter is associated with a pointer and identifies the number of times a database partition has been reorganized. Based upon a comparison of the counter from the pointer with a second counter from a second pointer, the optimal access method is determined. Since the comparison of pointers is conducted without reading the ILDS, the optimal access method is determined prior to reading the ILDS, which improves pointer checking performance. A direct access method may be selected if the access rate is lower than a predetermining threshold value, a sequential access method may be selected if the access rate is higher than a predetermined threshold value, and a skip sequential access method may be selected if the access rate is within a predetermined value.
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