I've read a couple blog posts that say to gather fixed object stats weekly, during normal business hours. Another page [0] also suggested gathering dictionary stats as part of the same weekly process. Anyone have any thoughts? Don. [0] http://www.toadworld.com/Community/ExpertsBlog/tabid/67/EntryID/135/Default.aspx On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Don Seiler <don@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I did have some follow-up questions regarding > DBMS_STATS.GATHER_FIXED_OBJECT_STATS(). > > 1. We had noticed that, since gathering the fixed object stats, the > time needed to perform a level 0 incremental backup dropped by around > 40%. Is this not a coincidence? > > 2. Is there any schedule or milestone upon which one should re-gather > fixed object statistics? -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l