So I have this materialized view. When I execute the create materialized view command, it takes 32.39 seconds to build. A complete refresh (exec dbms_mview.refresh('mview_name','C'); ) from the prompt this takes almost 3-4 times longer. Does anyone have any thoughts on why this might be so just right off hand. I've not run a 10046 on it yet, but I thought maybe there is something about MVIEW Full Refreshes that I'm just missing. RF Robert G. Freeman Oracle Consultant/DBA/Author Principal Engineer/Team Manager The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Father of Five, Husband of One, Author of various geeky computer titles from Osborne/McGraw Hill (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 11g New Features Now Available for Pre-sales on Amazon.com! BLOG: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com/ Sig V1.2