• Nothing at all unusual about column stats (stats that aren't associated with indexes). The naming's a little odd though.

    What do each of these return?

    DROP STATISTICS ABCTable._dta_index_ABCTable_c_7_745806881__K2

    DROP STATISTICS ABCTable._dta_stat_745806881_2_1

    DROP INDEX _dta_index_ABCTable_c_7_745806881__K2 ON ABCTable

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