It was a simple insert using curosr, usually it takes 15-20 minutes I think that is still more time. This time it took nearly 50 minutes to complete..there was no load at that time. the datase is in RAC..and this is why I want to go in some deep.. thanks ----- Original Message ---- From: Abraham Kurian <kurian24@xxxxxxxxx> To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, 7 October, 2008 5:28:53 PM Subject: [askdba] Re: Insert is taking a lot of time v$session_wait , what does it say ? are you using sqlldr for this operation .. or a direct path insert ? On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:54 PM, drumil narayan <drumilnarayan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: hi there are nearly 4 million rows to be inserted into a table, user saying it has inserted only half in past 45 minutes, from where should i start... kindly help... ________________________________ Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/