(Shan Nawaz) Starting with Oracle 12c, the default behavior of database is to gathers statistics during bulk loads like CTAS or INSERT SELECT. However for some reason , if you want to go back to pre-12c behavior , you can do so with a new hint NO_GATHER_OPTIMIZER_STATISTICS hint.
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