DROP STATISTICS SQL Statement | Teradata Vantage - DROP STATISTICS (Optimizer Form) - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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Teradata Vantage™

Drops the statistical data that was collected for specified columns of a table, hash index, or join index by a COLLECT STATISTICS (Optimizer Form) request. To drop the SUMMARY statistics for a database object, drop all statistics on that object.

ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Other SQL dialects support similar non-ANSI standard statements with names such as DISASSOCIATE STATISTICS.

Required Privileges

To DROP STATISTICS on a … You must have this privilege … On …
permanent or base global temporary table STATISTICS the table.
materialized global temporary table none. none.
volatile table none. none.
join index STATISTICS the join index.
hash index STATISTICS the hash index.