Sanjay Mishra wrote: >Can we check as when Index was last used from the >dictioanry tables. Index are not in Monitoring mode >and Statisitic Level is TYPICAL in the Oracle 9i >database > >TIA >Sanjay > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >-- >//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > V$SEGMENT_STATISTICS is populated nevertheless and it contains the values since the database startup. Also, V$SEGMENT_STATISTICS is very useful to determine candidates for a reorg. Here is the query that I use for that purpose: select owner,object_name,object_type,value from v$segment_statistics where statistic_name ='ITL waits' and value > 100 / -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Ext. 121 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l