In Oracle, can one calculate statistics on non indexed columns

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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:37:57 -0700 (PDT)
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  1. I am learning SQL Server 2008. I see that sql server calculates statistics on non indexed columns as well and makes use of such statistics in determining best query plan. I also see something like this in Teradata. Does Oracle do anything like that, if not why not?
  2. Another thing I noticed that SQL Server calculates string statistics, i.e., for a varcahr column statistics on all substrings in that column. This statistics is useful when where clause uses LIKE: name like ‘%Christ%’. Is there anything like in Oracle?
Received on Sun Jun 24 2012 - 21:37:57 CDT

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