I would strongly discourage the use of method_opt=> 'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1' unless you really know what you are doing and why you are doing it. More here: http://structureddata.org/2008/10/14/dbms_stats-method_opt-and-for-all-indexed-columns/ On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:08 AM, dba1 mcc <mccdba1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > we have ORACLE 10GR2 on LINUX server. Our consultant don't allow us > "manually" to run "update statistics". Consultant say ORACLE 10GR2 automatic > update statistics algorithm better than manually command. > > The SQL command we used to manually run is: > > execute DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS (ownname=> UPPER('&ID'), > estimate_percent=> dbms_stats.auto_sample_size, method_opt=> 'FO > R ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1', DEGREE=> DBMS_STATS.DEFAULT_DEGREE, > cascade=>TRUE) > > I would like listen your opinion. > -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l