2658383 - Statistics / Histogram lost after running 'alter table' to modify a column - SAP ASE

• The table has an index on a varchar column.  Optdiag output displays statistics / histogram of the column after running 'update index statistics'. 
    
• Run 'alter table' command to modify the varchar column to "increase" the length of the column (for example, from varchar(40) to varchar(60)).
     
• After running 'alter table' command, optdiag output does not have statistics of the column.  The statistics of the column is gone.  
      
  No statistics for remaining columns:                                            "XXX"         (default values used) 

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