You can use dbms_stats.convert_raw_value(). It's probably easiest to wrap this with a function that takes the column and a data type as a string so you can use it directly on your select. On 10/16/07, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've googled and metalinked all the key words I can think of and can't find > any way to extract the actual high and low values for a column since the > values given in dba_tab_col_statistics are in an internal, raw format. > > Can anyone please tell me how to get the number or string values? > > I know I can get them out of a 10053 trace file, but I'm hoping there's an > easier way. > > Thanks, > Brandon -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l