RE: DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DATABASE_STATS analyzes SYS and SYSTEM inde

Yes, the DBMS_STATS package is very quirky in 8i, IMHO. Knowing the bug in DATABASE_STATS, I've written a procedure to iteratively use SCHEMA_STATS instead. Of course, this too has a bug that will report ORA-1403 on the "first" table in the schema, so I needed to code around that.

And for all this trouble Oracle still recommends using DBMS_STATS over ANALYZE. Then fix it! <sigh>

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com              Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Post, Ethan [mailto:Ethan.Post_at_ps.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:09 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DATABASE_STATS analyzes SYS and SYSTEM
> inde
>
>
> Arrgggg...
>
> So anyway, I am thinking, hey it's high time I start using DBMS_STATS
> instead of my own procedure so I kick of the following
> (Oracle 8.1.7.4).
> After the first run I have SYS and SYSTEM stats on indexes
> and on other
> schemas with NO STATS it just ignored those tables even
> though you can see I
> have GATHER EMPTY below. So I kick it off again and guess
> what, it starts
> analyzing the tables it missed the first time, including SYS
> and SYSTEM.
> Guess I am going to use DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS and be
> a bit more
> specific about what I get.

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