You Cannot Analyze a Table Through a Synonym

This was tested on an Oracle 11 database. First I created a table and analyzed it: 

SQL> create table andrew1 (one_col number)

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Table created.

SQL> analyze table andrew1 compute statistics

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Table analyzed.

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Then I created a synonym for the table:

SQL> create synonym andrew2 for andrew1

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Synonym created.

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I found that I was able to describe the table via the synonym:

SQL> desc andrew2

 Name                    Null?    Type

 ----------------------- -------- ----------------

 ONE_COL                          NUMBER

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... but I could not analyze it:

SQL> analyze table andrew2 compute statistics

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analyze table andrew2 compute statistics

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ERROR at line 1:

ORA-00942: table or view does not exist

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