No, renaming column does not recalculate the statistics instantly. Dion Cho 2009/1/15 Michael Moore <michaeljmoore@xxxxxxxxx> > A co-worker wanted to rename a column on a very large table. The DBA's told > him, "no way", because it was cause the statistics to be recalculated which > is a very long process. > > I'd like a second opinion. Does renaming a column cause statistics to be > regenerated? If so, is there any workaround such as LOCK_TABLE_STATS where > you could lock the stats before the rename, and unlock them after the > rename? > > Thanks, > Mike >