• That really depends on the system. Most of our systems work just fine with the sampled statistics update, but we have a few tables on a few systems that need an occasional full scan. I wouldn't recommend running full scan all the time, but an occasional use of it sure won't hurt. That assumes you're doing it off-hours if you're going to full scan the entire db.

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