Re: strange error on DBMS_STATS

...I've got this hammer called "SQL Trace" and just about every problem looks like a nail...

Good thing is, this'll probably resolve it for you. Can you run this in the same session prior to running the GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS?    alter session set max_dump_file_size = unlimited;    alter session set events '10046 trace name context forever, level 12';

If you're pressed for space in USER_DUMP_DEST, you might want to run the trace at "level 4" instead of "level 12", to dump the bind variable values only...

This will generate a trace file which, embedded within it, should contain some indication of exactly where the ORA-01031 error is being thrown.

Look within the raw ".trc" (near the bottom of the file) for the phrase "err=" (it should say "err=1031" or "err=-1031", I forget which). Note the cursor# for that line and then search upwards for the phrase "PARSING IN CURSOR #nnn" to see the SQL text. Then, from the site of the error message, search again upwards for the phrase "BIND #nnn" to find the dump of bind-variable values for the most recent call.

Seeing as how the trace will dump all recursive SQL called in GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS as well as their bind-variable values, we might be able to pin-point exactly which item it is failing upon...

> I'm running dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats, the account
> running it is NOT the schema owner, but DOES have the
> "analyze any" privilege and has read/write access to all
> the tables in the schema. We are not trying to gather
> stats into our own tables, just want the stats refreshed
> after the (massive) loads into the DW tables.
>
> This has been running fine, then all of a sudden last
> night we started getting ORA-1031 ("insufficient
> privileges") errors. Now, according to the docs:
>
> ORA-01031 insufficient privileges
>
> Cause: An attempt was made to change the current
> username or password without the appropriate privilege.
> This error also occurs if attempting to install a database
> without the necessary operating system privileges.
>
>
> We are not changing passwords, so I am presuming that this
> involves (somehow) a change of username. According to the
> package header, it will throw an ORA-20000 if there are
> insufficent privileges. We rebuilt an index yesterday but
> did NOT change or add any table.
> I had this happen once before, on a different database,
> never solved it, but substituted
> dbms_utility.analyze_schema which worked. I can do the
> same thing this time but I'd prefer to solve it.
> Anyone ever see anything like this before?
>
> oh yeah 9.2.0.1 on Solaris 8
>
> Rachel
>
>
>
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