At 05:37 AM 15/02/2005, Lex de Haan wrote: >why don't you export the table data, update the column, gather statistics, and >then import back the original data? >otherwise, you have to update the dictionary. with a column population of two >distinct values, you typicvally get two buckets with the cumulative >cardinality >-- so you only have to change one of the two endpoint_number values (which is >unsupported, of course) I hate to correct you, but it IS supported by means of the dbms_stats procedures prepare_column_values and set_column_stats. Regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation http://www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l