Howdy all, In 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.3, I'm trying to compile this seemingly simple procedure (needing to grant appropriate privs on sys.dbms_stats before compiling!): CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE list_stats_test AS t_objlist sys.dbms_stats.ObjectTab; t_objsort sys.dbms_stats.ObjectTab; BEGIN dbms_stats.gather_database_stats ( stattab => NULL, statid => NULL, options => 'LIST STALE', objlist => t_objlist, statown => NULL); SELECT CAST ( MULTISET ( SELECT * FROM TABLE(t_objlist) tt ORDER BY tt.objname ASC ) AS sys.dbms_stats.ObjectTab ) INTO t_objsort FROM dual; END list_stats_test; / ...but it errors out with: LINE/COL ERROR -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12/1 PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored 12/103 PL/SQL: ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis I'm trying to sort the list of stale tables, but I'll be darned if I can figure out what I'm doing wrong -- it certainly can't be missing parens, can it? MOS/Google comes up with garbage and no hits of what I've been able to sift through. Thoughts anyone? Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l