2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining updated statistics from the further store comprises: determining whether sufficiently updated statistics for compiling the first query are available from a second store comprising statistics associated with the table in the database; if sufficiently updated statistics for compiling the first query are not available from the second store, collecting the updated statistics from the database, storing the updated statistics in the second store, and retrieving the updated statistics for compiling the first query from the second store.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining updated statistics from the further store comprises: determining whether sufficiently updated statistics for compiling the first query are available from a second store comprising statistics associated with the table in the database; if sufficiently updated statistics for compiling the first query are not available from the second store, collecting the updated statistics from the database, storing the updated statistics in the second store, and retrieving the updated statistics for compiling the first query from the second store. 3. The method of claim 2 , wherein retrieving the updated statistics for compiling the first query from the second store comprises loading the updated statistics from the second store into the first store, and retrieving the updated statistics from the first store.