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title: "What is RUNSTATS?"  
description: "What is RUNSTATS?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-03-28  
updated: 2020-09-19  
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category: "db2"  
tags: ["db2"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is RUNSTATS?

A DB2 utility used to collect statistics about the data values in tables which can be used by the optimizer to decide the access path. It also collects statistics used for space management. These statistics are stored in DB2 catalog tables.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A DB2 utility used to collect statistics about the data values in tables which can be used by the optimizer to decide the access path. It also collects statistics used for space management. These statistics are stored in DB2 catalog tables.


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