Re: Creating extended stats on a ASCENDING/DESCENDING index

From: joel garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <b2e00b0e-b8a2-4820-b731-c66a250111f0_at_nj8g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>

On Jun 5, 10:21 am, Mladen Gogala <gogala.mla..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an index which is created with "DESC" option and is not being used
> unless a hint is used. I am trying to create an extended statistics but I
> cannot get the syntax right:
>
> select dbms_stats.create_extended_stats(user,'EMP','("SAL" DESC)') from
> dual;
> select dbms_stats.create_extended_stats(user,'EMP','("SAL" DESC)') from
> dual
>        *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-20001: Error when processing extension -  missing right parenthesis
>
> Has anybody done it?
>
> --http://mgogala.byethost5.com

I dunno, but my first reaction is it expects either a comma, a closing parens or an operator after the "SAL". The DESC would be an index DDL, and maybe there is an FBI issue there, too.

jg

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