Deepak >Want to know when I collect statistics of a table using DBMS_STATS >package, is there any statistics related to BLOB column are gathered? > >Let's suppose >> I gathered the statistics of a table T1 using DBMS_STATS. >> Added a Blob column to the table T1. > >Need I collect statistics for the table T1 again? If I do not, then >will it affect the performance? Notice that the size of the table changes if you add a BLOB column, even if the BLOB is stored out-of-line. Therefore, you probably need to gather the stats... Regards, Chris New Features Oracle Database 10g Release 2 seminars @ www.trivadis.com Italiano: Lugano (24-Nov) Français: Genève (17-Nov) Deutsch: Düsseldorf (23-Nov), Zürich (29-Nov), Stuttgart (13-Dec) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l