RE: Todays Oracle 11.2.0.2 quiz...

From: Herring Dave - dherri <Dave.Herring_at_acxiom.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 14:03:56 +0000
Message-ID: <BD475CE0B3EE894DA0CAB36CE2F7DEB420434056_at_LITIGMBCRP02.Corp.Acxiom.net>



In terms of answering this as a test from Oracle (OCP or otherwise) I'd say "C", since I believe Oracle's goal is to make it's product as self-managing as possible so DBAs don't have to "adjust" all the different options and controls.

If I ever worked on an env where the above was true I'd probably be insanely bored. And if we all did this list would be boring as well. Here's to supporting buggy Oracle releases, pushing limits of what's practical, and answering to unrealistic expectations!!!

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Robert Freeman Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:17 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Todays Oracle 11.2.0.2 quiz...

Without looking in the docs, answer this question:

When collecting Oracle statistics in 11.2.0.2  (generally, there are always fringe cases) you should:

  1. Manually set the sample size and not take the default.
  2. Use the analyze command.
  3. Use the default value for the sample size.
  4. Use a sample size between 10 and 20.
  5. Set the _optimizer_stats_modify parameter first to a value of 60.

What is your answer and why?

RF
 
Robert G. Freeman
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