DBMS_STATS Save Statistics before Gather
set timing on

-- Create the table to save the stats
begin
 dbms_stats.create_stat_table(
 ownname => 'DBSTAR',
 stattab => 'save_dbms_stats'
--, tblspace => 'USERS'
);
end;
/

-- Save stats and Gather
begin
  DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS(OWNNAME => 'DBSTAR', 
  ESTIMATE_PERCENT => 100,
  METHOD_OPT => 'FOR ALL COLUMNS SIZE 1', 
  GRANULARITY => 'ALL',
  CASCADE => TRUE, 
  OPTIONS => 'GATHER', 
  DEGREE => DBMS_STATS.AUTO_DEGREE,
  stattab => 'save_dbms_stats',
  statid =>'stats20150205',
  statown =>'DBSTAR');
end;
/