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dba_tab_modification show num_rows=0 although the stats is gathered for the table (Doc ID 1364285.1)

Last updated on MARCH 03, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

GATHER_STATS_JOB is scheduled to run at 22:00, duration of 8 hours. There are tables with num_rows=0 although there are records in the DB.
Further checking shows that GATHER_STATS_JOB was successful, and there is no indication of an error.

- dba_tab_modification show num_rows=0 although the stats is gathered for the table

SQL> select count(*) from ABC;

 COUNT(*)
----------
       39

SQL> select log_date, operation, job_name from all_scheduler_job_log order by job_name , log_date;

LOG_DATE                                                                    OPERATION                      JOB_NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ -----------------------------------------------------------------
……

06-SEP-11 10.16.13.547874 PM +03:00                                         RUN                            GATHER_STATS_JOB
07-SEP-11 10.13.41.045155 PM +03:00                                         RUN                            GATHER_STATS_JOB
08-SEP-11 10.12.13.457540 PM +03:00                                         RUN                            GATHER_STATS_JOB
09-SEP-11 10.25.09.964891 PM +03:00                                         RUN                            GATHER_STATS_JOB
10-SEP-11 06.07.14.961615 AM +03:00                                         RUN                            GATHER_STATS_JOB

 

 SQL> Select table_name,to_char(last_analyzed,'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi') as last_analyzed, num_rows, stattype_locked , stale_stats 

          from dba_tab_statistics where owner='ABC' and num_rows=0;

TABLE_NAME          LAST_ANALYZED      NUM_ROWS     STATTYPE_LOCKED  STALE_STATS

------------------------ ---------------- ---------- ----- -----------------------------------------------------------------

EXC                         2011-09-03 06:07          0                                                               YES

XYZ                        2009-12-30 06:51          0                                                                NO

EDP                         2011-09-03 06:07          0                                                               YES    

ABC                        2011-09-03 06:07          0                                                                YES   

The stale is yes which means that within the next stats window, statistics should be collected.

Cause

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