Re: DBMS_STATS vs. analyze

You can only get parallel analysis using DBMS_STATS. This is vital on large tables such as the ones you are dealing with.

On 6 May 2003 at 6:52, rgaffuri_at_cox.net wrote:

> This is an old and probably stupid question, but Im on a new project and they are using Analyze. Im trying to get them to switch to DBMS_STATS please let me know if my argument is correct. Need to be able to articulate this adequately.
>
> 1. DBMS_STATS is faster
> 2. the statistics gathered are better
> 3. you can use histograms and I believe I may have identified some areas where they would be appropriate.
>
> anything I missed? Ive pointed them to asktom also. Any other good sources to point them to?
>

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