Oracle 8.0 had alter table move partition, but not alter table move, which was introduced in 8.1. In 8.1 alter table move will delete statistics. In 8.0 alter table move partition will not delete statistics. ============================================================================================ Example showing that in Oracle 8.0 an alter table move partition will not delete statistics SQL> select * from v$version ; BANNER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Release 8.0.6.0.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 8.0.6.0.0 - Production CORE Version 4.0.6.0.0 - Production TNS for Solaris: Version 8.0.6.0.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 3.3.3.0.0 - Production SQL> select table_name || ' (' || partition_name || ')' as object, 2 num_rows, blocks, empty_blocks, last_analyzed, tablespace_name 3 from user_tab_partitions 4 where table_name = 'T' and partition_name = 'TP1' ; OBJECT NUM_ROWS BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS LAST_ANALYZED TABLESPACE_NAME -------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------------- ------------------------------ T (TP1) 550 10 54 2004/09/09 12:34:40 USERS SQL> alter table t move partition tp1 tablespace data storage (initial 16M) ; Table modifiée. SQL> select table_name || ' (' || partition_name || ')' as object, 2 num_rows, blocks, empty_blocks, last_analyzed, tablespace_name 3 from user_tab_partitions 4 where table_name = 'T' and partition_name = 'TP1' ; OBJECT NUM_ROWS BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS LAST_ANALYZED TABLESPACE_NAME -------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------------- ------------------------------ T (TP1) 550 10 54 2004/09/09 12:34:40 DATA SQL> analyze table t partition (tp1) compute statistics ; Table analysée. SQL> select table_name || ' (' || partition_name || ')' as object, 2 num_rows, blocks, empty_blocks, last_analyzed, tablespace_name 3 from user_tab_partitions 4 where table_name = 'T' and partition_name = 'TP1' ; OBJECT NUM_ROWS BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS LAST_ANALYZED TABLESPACE_NAME -------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------------- ------------------------------ T (TP1) 550 8 8186 2004/09/09 12:34:41 DATA ============================================================================================ Example showing that in Oracle 8.1 an alter table move will delete statistics SQL> select * from v$version ; BANNER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production CORE 8.1.7.0.0 Production TNS for Solaris: Version 8.1.7.0.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 3.4.1.0.0 - Production SQL> select table_name as object, 2 num_rows, blocks, empty_blocks, last_analyzed, tablespace_name 3 from user_tables 4 where table_name = 'T' ; OBJECT NUM_ROWS BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS LAST_ANALYZED TABLESPACE_NAME -------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------------- ------------------------------ T 4454 69 5 2004/09/09 12:39:32 USERS SQL> alter table t move tablespace example1 storage (initial 16M) ; Table modifiée. SQL> select table_name as object, 2 num_rows, blocks, empty_blocks, last_analyzed, tablespace_name 3 from user_tables 4 where table_name = 'T' ; OBJECT NUM_ROWS BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS LAST_ANALYZED TABLESPACE_NAME -------- --------- --------- ------------ -------------------- ------------------------------ T EXAMPLE1 -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/