In this blog post, you’ll learn more about the Sybase Error Cannot output the histogram for string column ‘%1’ and the reason for receiving this error
Sybase SQL Error Message
Cannot output the histogram for string column ‘%1’
Reason for this Error
You tried to get the histogram for a column containing strings. Histograms on string information cannot be output in a readable format; as a result, no information was retrieved. Consider using the ESTIMATE function to get information on a specific value or range in the column.