Oracle Application Software 10.1.3.4 User Manual

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Metadata for the IMS/DB Data Source
Advanced Tuning of the Metadata
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Figure A–4
The Statistics tab
The Statistics tab comprises fields as listed in the following tables:
Use the Columns group box to specify cardinality for each of the columns in the table:
Table A–7
Statistics tab Components
Field
Description
No. of rows
The approximate number of rows in the table. If the value 
is -1, then the number of rows in the table is unknown (a 
value was not supplied and the update statistics utility 
was not run to update the value). A value of 0 indicates 
that this table is empty.
No. of blocks
The approximate number of blocks in the table.
Note: If neither the number of rows nor the number of 
blocks is specified for a table, queries over the table might 
be executed in a nonoptimal manner.
Table A–8
Columns group Components
Field
Description
Column name
The columns in the table.