DBAsupport.com Forums - Powered by vBulletin
Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: DBMS_STATS Vs ANALYZE

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Posts
    195

    DBMS_STATS Vs ANALYZE

    Question 1
    ===========

    Let us take this example..

    begin
    DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS('INVENTORY','SALES', METHOD_OPT => 'FOR COLUMNS SIZE 1 ERDAT');

    end;

    What is FOR COLUMNS SIZE 1 ?. What does it mean the number 1?


    Question 2
    ==========

    I was reading this link ..

    http://www.dbspecialists.com/special...st2005-01.html

    From this link, DBMS_STATS is good when we compare to ANALYZE statment due to below points.

    1. DBMS_STATS has parallel statistics collection
    2. DBMS_STATS gathering statistics only when existing statistics are stale
    3. gathering partition-level and subpartition-level statistics
    4. GATHER_SYSTEM_STATS is not available in ANALYZE

    My question is, does DBMS_STATS gather statistics
    when existing statistics are stale??

    Question 3
    =========

    does ANALYZE command generate Historgrams?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Posts
    3,555
    You need to do some reading, I would suggest you invest a couple of bucks in your career.

    Oracle Tuning, The Definitive Reference by Donald K. Burleson
    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2002
    Location
    Colorado Springs
    Posts
    5,253
    Don't use ANALYZE

    Read the documentation, which answers all your questions for free
    David Aldridge,
    "The Oracle Sponge"

    Senior Manager, Business Intelligence Development
    XM Satellite Radio
    Washington, DC

    Oracle ACE

  4. #4
    Join Date
    May 2000
    Location
    ATLANTA, GA, USA
    Posts
    3,135
    >>What is FOR COLUMNS SIZE 1 ?. What does it mean the number 1?

    It means "Do not generate histograms".

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Posts
    195
    Thanks Tamil

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width