Most performance problems stem from multiple causes. A complete performance analysis must include each item in the Diagnostic Hierarchy section below. But if you need to resolve a specific performance problem quickly, focus your attention on that area. The information in this troubleshooting section is designed to assist you in resolving a performance issue after first isolating which factors are influencing performance.

Use the procedures in this section if a Ingres tool “hangs,” that is, your program seems to start but nothing happens. Other programs such as SQL display header information, but when you issue a command, nothing happens.