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Re: system statistics

From: Volker Hetzer <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:22:02 +0200
Message-ID: <bm41va$278$1@news.fujitsu-siemens.com>

"Thomas Kyte" <thomas.kyte_at_oracle.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:7b0834a8.0310090722.7512c04_at_posting.google.com...
> Richard Kuhler <noone_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message news:<ROXgb.2708$Z86.2251_at_twister.socal.rr.com>...
> > I'm reading "Effective Oracle by Design" by Thomas Kyte. He seems to be
> > advocating using GATHER_SYSTEM_STATS _instead_of_ tuning
> > OPTIMIZER_INDEX_CACHING and OPTIMIZER_INDEX_COST_ADJ directly. I can't
> > find anything in the Oracle documentation that suggests that the
> > presence of system statistics causes the optimizer to ignore the other
> > settings. While I intend to do some experimentation, I'm wondering if
> > anyone can make a definitive statement in this regard. Or, am I just
> > misinterpreting the passage?
> >
> > Anyone have an opinion or real world experience to share on this?
>
> well -- 'instead of tuning' doesn't mean 'oracle will ignore these'.
>
> What I was saying was that you might well discover you don't need to
> tweak them, if you have good system statistics.
So, what effect do they have in the presence of statistics?

Lots of Greetings!
Volker Received on Thu Oct 09 2003 - 11:22:02 CDT

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