Improvement
This update introduces a new Dynamic Management View (DMV) sys.dm_db_stats_histogram in Microsoft SQL Server 2016. The sys.dm_db_stats_histogram DMV is an improved version of the DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS WITH HISTOGRAM management command.
The syntax of the new sys.dm_db_stats_histogram DMV specification is provided as follows:
sys.dm_db_stats_histogram (object_id, stats_id)
The new DMV outputs the result set as a table that resembles the following:
| Column Name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| object_id | int | ID of the object (table) for which to return the properties of the statistics object. |
| stats_id | int | ID of the statistics object. Is unique within the table. For more information, see sys.stats (Transact-SQL). |
| step_number | int | Number of steps in the histogram. For more information, see DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS (Transact-SQL). |
| range_high_key | int | Upper bound column value for a histogram step. The column value is also called a key value. |
| range_rows | bigint | Estimated number of rows whose column value falls within a histogram step, excluding the upper bound. |
| equal_rows | bigint | Estimated number of rows whose column value equals the upper bound of the histogram step. |
| distinct_range_rows | bigint | Estimated number of rows with a distinct column value within a histogram step, excluding the upper bound. |
| average_range_rows | bigint | Average number of rows with duplicate column values within a histogram step, excluding the upper bound (RANGE_ROWS / DISTINCT_RANGE_ROWS for DISTINCT_RANGE_ROWS > 0). |
Resolution
This improvement is first included in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
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Status
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