Dear list, how can I convert the raw(32) columns LOW_VALUE and HIGH_VALUE of ALL_TAB_COL_STATISTICS to their decimal value? TO_NUMBER(rawtohex (high_value),'XXXXXXXX') gives me not the value I expect (stats are recent) and in the table min(id) is 1 and max(id) is 8 million). DUMPing the values (see last part of the SQL below) does not give me any better idea.... SQL> select column_name, rawtohex(low_value),TO_NUMBER(rawtohex (high_value),'XXXXXXXX') from user_tab_col_statistics where table_name='WILLI' ; COLUMN_NAME RAWTOHEX(LOW_VALUE) TO_NUMBER(RAWTOHEX (HIGH_VALUE),'XXXXXXXX') ------------------------------ ---------------------- ------------------------------------------ ID C102 50185 DESCRIPTION 616161 8026746 STATUS C102 49508 SQL> select max(id) from willi; MAX(ID) ---------- 8000000 SQL> select min(id) from willi; MIN(ID) ---------- 1 SQL> select dump(LOW_VALUE) from user_tab_col_statistics where table_name='WILLI'; DUMP(LOW_VALUE) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Typ=23 Len=2: 193,2 Typ=23 Len=3: 97,97,97 Typ=23 Len=2: 193,2 SQL> Any idea is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! -- Mit freundlichem Gruß Martin Klier Senior Oracle Database Administrator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klug GmbH integrierte Systeme Lindenweg 13, D-92552 Teunz Tel.: +49 9671/9216-245 Fax.: +49 9671/9216-112 mailto: martin.klier@xxxxxxxxxx www.klug-is.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Geschäftsführer: Johann Klug, Roman Sorgenfrei Sitz der Gesellschaft: Teunz, USt-ID-Nr. DE175481608, HRB Nr. 2037, Amtsgericht Amberg -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l