Hi Wolfgang, Yes, actually. This is from prod to dev. I just tried the table level import and it does work. Now I have some nasty scripting to do for hundreds of tables... Thank you very much for your response. Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Wolfgang Breitling [mailto:breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:49 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Not quite fluff - dbms_stats Any chance that there are objects in the source database that are not in the target database? I usually do not do full database statistics imports, only schema or even individual table imports, but I do get a similar error when I try to import statistics from a table which has more columns than the table I am importing into: SQL> desc t1 Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- PK1 NUMBER PK2 NUMBER D1 DATE D2 NUMBER D3 VARCHAR2(2000) SQL> select count(0) from t1; COUNT(0) ---------- 10000 1 row selected. SQL> create table t1b as select * from t1 where rownum <= 2000; Table created. SQL> alter table t1b add (d4 number); Table altered. SQL> update t1b set d4=mod(trunc(999999*dbms_random.value),127)+1; 2000 rows updated. SQL> commit; Commit complete. SQL> @gather_table_stats t1b null analyzing table t1b using null% PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> @exp_tbl_stats t1b lisa PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> update stats_table set c1='T1' where statid = 'LISA'; 7 rows updated. SQL> commit; Commit complete. SQL> select statid, type, c1, c4 from stats_table where statid = 'LISA'; STATID T C1 C4 ------------------------------ - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ LISA C T1 D1 LISA C T1 D2 LISA C T1 D3 LISA C T1 D4 LISA C T1 PK1 LISA C T1 PK2 LISA T T1 7 rows selected. SQL> @exp_tbl_stats t1 save PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> @imp_tbl_stats t1 lisa BEGIN * ERROR at line 1: ORA-20000: Unable to set values for column D1: does not exist or insufficient privileges ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 4697 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 5327 ORA-06512: at line 2 SQL> delete from stats_table where statid='LISA' and c1='T1' and c4 = 'D4'; 1 row deleted. SQL> commit; Commit complete. SQL> @imp_tbl_stats t1 lisa PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> You should be able to verify that with a query like select c5, c1 from DATABASE_STATS where statid = '030404' and type 'T' minus select owner, table_name from dba_tables; At 11:07 AM 3/4/2004, you wrote: >Hi Wolfgang, > >Really? Here's my errors > >trdev-SYS>exec sys.dbms_Stats.import_database_stats( - > > stattab=>'DATABASE_STATS', STATID=>'030404',STATOWN=>'SYSTEM'); >BEGIN sys.dbms_Stats.import_database_stats( stattab=>'DATABASE_STATS', >STATID=>'030404',STATOWN=>'S > >* >ERROR at line 1: >ORA-20000: Insufficient privileges to analyze an object >within the database >ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 4914 >ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 4943 >ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 5460 >ORA-06512: at line 1 > > >trdev-SYS>SHOW USER >USER is "SYS" >trdev-SYS>CONNECT SYSTEM@TRDEV >Enter password: ********* >Connected. >trdev-SYS>exec sys.dbms_Stats.import_database_stats( - > > stattab=>'DATABASE_STATS', STATID=>'030404',STATOWN=>'SYSTEM'); >BEGIN sys.dbms_Stats.import_database_stats( stattab=>'DATABASE_STATS', >STATID=>'030404',STATOWN=>'S > >* >ERROR at line 1: >ORA-20000: Insufficient privileges to analyze an object >within the database >ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 4914 >ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 4943 >ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 5460 >ORA-06512: at line 1 > > >trdev-SYS> Wolfgang Breitling Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation http://www.centrexcc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- "The sender believes that this E-Mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. 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