Something like procedure DO_SOME_DBMS_STATS(p number, maxparallel number) is begin for i in ( select * from ( select mod(rownum,maxparallel ) r, segment_name, ... from dba_segments order by bytes ) where r = p ) loop dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(....) end loop; end; for i in 0 .. maxparallel-1 loop dbms_job.submit('DO_SOME_DBMS_STATS('||i||','||maxparallel||');') end loop; hth connor --- David <thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am using dynamic sql to generate code that will analyze schemas. I > would just gather_database stats, but the request is that I use > dbms_stats.gather_Schema so that the process can be broken down into > concurrent sets and run concurrently(and with parallel). Does anyone have > any advice, ideas or tips on how I might accomplish this? > > ===== Connor McDonald Co-author: "Mastering Oracle PL/SQL - Practical Solutions" ISBN: 1590592174 web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk web: http://www.oaktable.net email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx Coming Soon! "Oracle Insight - Tales of the OakTable" "GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. But TEACH him how to fish, and...he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day" ------------------------------------------------------------ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------