RE: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-27 Thread
PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jesse, Rich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tue, February 26, 2002 12:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6 Hey all, I'm looking to start CBO on an 8.1.6.0.0 DB on Solaris 2.8. But looking thru Metaclink, I

Re: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-26 Thread Christian Trassens
Well, it has some bugs with GATHER EMPTY and GATHER STALE on your release. However, I set it in some clients and it is working fine. As an advice, don't use those options, reduce the size of the bucket just to generate statistics quickly, lastly if you decide against DBMS_STATS, don't run

RE: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-26 Thread Terrian, Tom
DBMS_STATS only gathers stats that the optimizer needs. For example, the CHAIN_CNT field is not updated because the optimizer doesn't need it. I hate this because now I don't know if the table has chained or migrated rows. The ANALYZE command still gives you this information. -Original

RE: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-26 Thread Jesse, Rich
Thanks for the advice, Christian, but I'm a little confused. What do you mean by don't run statistics with analyze because it doesn't generate any? Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

RE: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-26 Thread Christian Trassens
Sorry, I haven't explained myself correctly. When you have first run a dbms_stats to generate on partitioned tables, analyze doesn't generate any. However, this applies for compute statistics. I think this article could explain you better than I: Doc ID: Note:97207.1 Type: PROBLEM Status:

RE: DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-26 Thread Kathy Duret
Does this apply in 8.1.7. I couldn't tell from the doco. Kathy -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sorry, I haven't explained myself correctly. When you have first run a dbms_stats to generate on partitioned tables,

DBMS_STATS in 8.1.6

2002-02-25 Thread Jesse, Rich
Hey all, I'm looking to start CBO on an 8.1.6.0.0 DB on Solaris 2.8. But looking thru Metaclink, I see some potential problems with some of the DBMS_STATS package in this version, like with GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS. Anyone have any suggestions as to Yay or Nay for this on 8.1.6.0.0? Unfortunately,