Does the table experience heavy deletes prior to the insert? There are two scenarios I have run into that can lead to high LIO: a) You use ASSM and you are on 9.2.0.5 There is a bug in 9.2.0.5 if you have insert - delete - insert without commits in between b) You are not using ASSM and the delete put a lot of blocks on the freelist. On the insert, whenever the current block is "full" (up to 100-pctfree filled) Oracle needs to chase the freelist and retrieve the next block off the list and needs to maintain the list. Quoting Patty.Charlebois@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > There are no triggers and no foreign keys on this table=2E > > > > I am trying to tune a custom app running on Oracle 9=3D2E2=3D2E0=3D2E5 for > AIX=20= > 5L=3D20=3D=20= > > (64bit) and found the following SQL in my statspack > snapshot=3D2E=3D20=3D=20= > >=20= > >=20= > > 1) Why there are so many LIOs on an INSERT statement?=20= > > 2) What can I do to reduce the LIOs?=20= > >=20= > > TIA=3D2E=3D2E=3D2E=3D2E Patty=20= > >=20= > > INSERT INTO PROD=3D2ECLAIM_RELATED_RULE ( CLRR_CLAIM_RULE_ID,=3D20=3D=20= > > CF_CLAIM_FORM_ID,=3D20=3D=20= > > CLAIM_FORM_REVISION_NO, CL_CLAIM_ID, CLAIM_REVISION_NO,=20= > CD_DETAIL_ID,=3D20=3D=20= > -- regards Wolfgang Breitling Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l