Syntax options: CARDINALITY COLLECTION IS ENABLED CARDINALITY COLLECTION IS DISABLED Specifies whether or not the optimizer records cardinality updates in the system table. When enabled, the optimizer collects cardinalities for the table and non-unique indexes as rows are inserted or deleted from tables. The update of the cardinalities is performed at commit time, if sufficient changes have accumulated, or at disconnect time. In high update environments, it may be more convenient to disable cardinality updates. If you disable this feature, you should manually maintain the cardinalities using the RMU Analyze Cardinality command so the optimizer is given the most accurate values for estimation purposes. Cardinality collection is enabled by default.