Bill - Try Google. A quick search yielded the fact this has something to do with creating columns of objects, nested table, varray, or REF type.
Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, I know this is RTFM but I can't find the right part in the FM to R. So any help would be appreciated: In the context of: DBMS_STATS.GATHER_DATABASE_STATS(method_opt=>'FOR ALL HIDDEN COLUMNS'); what is a "hidden column". I tried gathering stats FOR ALL HIDDEN COLUMNS and it didn't seem to gather any stats for any columns. What is it meant to do? Thanks - Bill. PS. The complete syntax for the column is: FOR ALL [INDEXED | HIDDEN] COLUMNS [size_clause] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Bill Buchan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
