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# collect_statistics

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    <div className="dt sig sig-object py" id="gpudb.GPUdb.collect_statistics"> <span className="sig-name descname"><span className="pre">collect\_statistics</span></span><span className="sig-paren">(</span><span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">table\_name</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">None</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">column\_names</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">None</span></span></span>, <span className="em sig-param"><span className="n"><span className="pre">options</span></span><span className="o"><span className="pre">=</span></span><span className="default_value"><span className="pre">{"{"}{"}"}</span></span></span><span className="sig-paren">)</span><a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-python/blob/master/gpudb/gpudb.py#L21525"><span className="viewcode-link"><span className="pre">\[source]</span></span></a></div>

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      <p>Collect statistics for a column(s) in a specified table.</p>
      <p><strong>Parameters</strong></p>

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              <p>Name of a table, in \[schema\_name.]table\_name format, using standard <a className="reference external" href="/content/concepts/tables/#table-name-resolution">name resolution rules</a>. Must be an existing table. A value of ‘\*’ collects statistics on every user table the caller may read (excluding system schemas, views, and temporary tables); when used, input parameter <span className="em">column\_names</span> must be ‘\*’.</p>
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              <p>List of one or more column names in input parameter <span className="em">table\_name</span> for which to collect statistics (cardinality, mean value, etc.). A single entry of ‘\*’ expands to every collectable column on the table (geometry, vector, JSON, and array columns are skipped). The user can provide a single element (which will be automatically promoted to a list internally) or a list.</p>
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              <p>Optional parameters. The default value is an empty dict ( {"{"}{"}"} ).</p>
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      <p><strong>Returns</strong></p>

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          <p>A dict with the following entries–</p>

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              <p>Value of input parameter <span className="em">table\_name</span>.</p>
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              <p>Value of input parameter <span className="em">column\_names</span>.</p>
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              <p>Additional information.</p>
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