Is it possible to check on the progress of dbms_stats.gather_table_stats?
Our database is Oracle 11.2.0.3 with PSU #* (16902043) and one-off patch 16851193. All partitioned tables are set to used incremental statistics (dbms_stats.set_table_prefs was used to set the INCREMENTAL and PUBLISH parameters to TRUE). We are using dbms_stats.gather_table_stats to gather the stats on each table using degree=>10, granularity=>'AUTO',estimate_percent=>dbms_stats.AUTO_SAMPLE_SIZE, and cascade=>TRUE. Even so, gathering the stats takes hours. Is there any way to determine the progress of dbms_stats.gather_table_stats while it is still running? I tried querying user_tab_statistics and user_index_statistics, but the information therein seems to be posted only after dbms_stats.gather_table_stats is done.