Re: More on dbms_stats

  • From: Mladen Gogala <mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:48:23 -0400

Wolfgang Breitling wrote:

It potentially, and likely, creates an awful lot of histograms exactly BECAUSE the method_opt setting of 'for all columns size 1' is ignored and replaced with 'for all columns size auto'.

I prefer skewed columns, that is the columns from SYS.COL_USAGE$. I can only recommend the nice papers
from http://www.centrexcc.com to the general audience. You did an excellent job explaining the intricacies of the
optimizer to the general audience. Jonathan is writing a CBO book, did you happen to see it?


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Mladen Gogala
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