o To use the RMU Show Optimizer_Statistics command for a database, you must have the RMU$ANALYZE or RMU$SHOW privilege in the root file access control list (ACL) for the database or the OpenVMS SYSPRV or BYPASS privilege. o Cardinality statistics are automatically maintained by Oracle Rdb. Physical storage and Workload statistics are only collected when you issue an RMU Collect Optimizer_Statistics command. To get information about the usage of Physical storage and Workload statistics for a given query, define the RDMS$DEBUG_FLAGS logical name to be "O". For example: $ DEFINE RDMS$DEBUG_FLAGS "O" When you execute a query, if workload and physical statistics have been used in optimizing the query, you will see a line such as the following in the command output: ~O: Workload and Physical statistics used o Use the RMU Show Optimizer Statistics command with the Statistics=Cardinality/Full/Threshold=n qualifier to identify index prefix cardinality drift. This command identifies indexes that need to be repaired. Use the RMU Collect Optimizer_Statistics command to repair the stored index prefix cardinality values.