Reading the contents of the Table Statistics window

Top area of the window

The top area of the Table Statistics window shows general information about the table.

The columns in the window show both those statistics that were gathered at the time of the explain, and those that currently exist in the system catalog tables.



Rows in the Table Statistics window

The following information is shown in the rows of the Table Statistics window:

CREATE_TIME
The date and time that the table was created.

STATS_TIME
The last time a change was made to any recorded statistics for the table.

To see a troubleshooting tip, click on Catching inefficient access plans.

CARD
The number of rows in the table.

If the cardinality is zero, ensure that you used runstats after making your table updates.

NPAGES
The number of pages of the table that contain one or more rows.

FPAGES
The number of file pages used by the table.

COLCOUNT
The number of columns in the table.

OVERFLOW
The number of overflow pages used by the table.

TABLESPACE
The name of the table's primary table space.

INDEX_TABLESPACE
The name of the table space that contains all indexes for the table.

LONG_TABLESPACE
The name of the table space that contains all long data (LONG or LOB column types) for the table.