It is different if you use the default method_opt (for all columns size 1). Then gather_table_stats uses its own sql to collect table and column ( num_distinct, min, max, null, avg_col_length) statistics. For index statistics always resorts to the analyze command.
That all changes in Oracle 9i. There the gather procedures do their own work and do not use analyze anymore.
How did you determine the bucket size of 2?
And no, I have not had any issues with analyze for partitioned tables; however, I do not gather histograms blindly on all indexed columns. Only on a few columns with highly skewed data content and some of them are on partitioned tabled.
At 09:29 PM 12/3/2003, you wrote:
The reason why we switched from 'analyze table .. 10 percent' is because when we partitioned some of the huge tables, the query performance against these tables was really bad. 'Gather_table_stats' with size 2 on indexed columns did a much better job.
Have you had issues with 'analyze' against partitioned tables?
-----Original Message----- Wolfgang Breitling Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
In Oracle 8i you may as well stick with analyze since the dbms_stats call you use translates simply into a
"analyze table ... ESTIMATE statistics sample 10 percent FOR TABLE FOR ALL INDEXES for all indexed columns size 2"
Why did you go from a simple analyze to gathering histograms on all indexed columns? I question the rationale of gathering histograms of "size 2". Aside from that, I question the rationale of a blanket histogram gathering (regardless of # of buckets) on "all indexed" or "all" columns. Histograms are like medicine. In the right (i.e. sparing dose) they are a therapeutic tool. In the wrong, especially too high dose, they become poison.
Wolfgang Breitling
Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA
Centrex Consulting Corporation
http://www.centrexcc.com
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