Hi. You know that there are many options. Here is one general method you can use to collect stats for Isabel's schema. Sample size is set to AUTO_SAMPLE_SIZE. You can set it to percentage of your choice, if you wish. No histograms are created here. METHOD_OPT is set to 1. The collection is not done in parallel. EXEC SYS.DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS(OWNNAME => 'ISABEL', ESTIMATE_PERCENT =>DBMS_STATS.AUTO_SAMPLE_SIZE, DEGREE => 1, METHOD_OPT=>'FOR ALL INDEXED COLUMNS SIZE 1'); HTH, Shiva ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of crcbedoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:21 AM To: 'oracle-l' Subject: Gathering statistics for a specific schema Hi, I need your help, I am new to the usage of statistics and I need to get the statistics for a specific schema. I know that by using the package DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS I can the statistics, but I don't know how to manipulate them. Could you guys give me a clue about what should I do or where can I find information about using this packege and manipulating information given by it? Thanks a lot for your help:) Isabel Bedoya Gómez Gestión de Tecnología Tel. 2307500 ext: 4077