Check the manuals for the "SET EXPLAIN" statement. Here is a link for it in
11.10. (I hope this also exists in 7.31! I don't have a link to 7.31 manuals
handy.)
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v111/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.s
qls.doc/sqls813.htm

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Kevin Cherkauer
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IBM Informix Dynamic Server -- Database Kernel
> Hi everybody
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