This thing just popped up yesterday. I'm using Oracle 9i Rel 2 Ver. = 9.2.0.4 on Windows 2000 Advanced Server This code has been running inside a package for some time and I've never = seen a failure. The following is failing. DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS ( OWNNAME=3D>'PADOHSNAP', CASCADE=3D>TRUE = ); It fails the same place each time on the same table.VACCINE_TYPE_CODE = which is a materialized view. The view is valid. The job is running under sys user. The above code cannot be run by the = owner either. The table, individually, can be analyzed by either the = owner or the user. The synonym is valid. What am I missing? As far as I can tell no one = changed anything yesterday but obviously something changed. Don Freeman Database Administrator Bureau of Information Technology PA Department of Health 717-783-4743 Ext 337 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------