Hi list, in 10.1.0.3 I tried to delete system statistics with exec DBMS_STATS.DELETE_SYSTEM_STATS; No error. In sys.aux_stats$ the 'Flag' goes from 1 to 0. And values for mreadtim,sreadtim.. stay set. (And I cannot set them to NULL with SET_SYSTEM_STATS). After flushing buffer cache and shared pool the cost calculation (explain plan) still seems to use the 'deleted' statistics same costs. I cannot reproduce the numbers from before I had any system statistics gathered - and by then they were reproducible. Any idea how to convince the optimizer not to use the deleted statistics? Peter --------------------------------- Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB kostenlosem Speicher -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l