Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 17383 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2008 18:47:49 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 18 Jun 2008 18:47:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 45458 invoked by uid 500); 18 Jun 2008 18:47:50 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 45419 invoked by uid 500); 18 Jun 2008 18:47:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact derby-dev-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: Delivered-To: mailing list derby-dev@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 45408 invoked by uid 99); 18 Jun 2008 18:47:50 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:47:50 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [63.82.107.6] (HELO red.edgility.com) (63.82.107.6) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:46:43 +0000 Received: from [10.10.13.43] (bpendleton-desk.edgility.com [10.10.13.43]) by red.edgility.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m5IIkbFk032580 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:46:37 -0700 Message-ID: <4859580C.7010603@amberpoint.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:46:36 -0700 From: Bryan Pendleton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: derby-dev@db.apache.org Subject: Re: Advice in debugging plan selection References: <4852B309.6050102@sbcglobal.net> <4852C450.8060405@gmail.com> <4852F15F.6080607@sbcglobal.net> <4852F1F0.4040600@sbcglobal.net> <4857FA0D.8040802@sbcglobal.net> <48580DF4.3060607@sbcglobal.net> <48593AB4.9040904@sbcglobal.net> <485941F7.5020607@amberpoint.com> <485945B9.2090708@sbcglobal.net> <48594871.2080505@sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <48594871.2080505@sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org > putting runtime.gc() and runtime.runFinalization() before the calls to > totalMemory() and freeMemory() seem to stabilize it at 4. > > Does that seem like a reasonable solution? Yes. I was thinking of suggesting a gc() call, so I'm pleased to hear that it appears to improve the result. thanks, bryan