We have this purchased app that is generating the following query. It runs for 8 hours then crashes due to ORA-1555. I'm reluctant to tinker with the undo settings or increase the undo tablespace size, as it appears from longops that this thing would likely run for another 7-8 hours before completing. I'm at a loss on how to tune this -- I can't touch the physical structure, and I don't know enough to see any hints that could possibly help. Any ideas? SELET (boatload of columns) FROM TS_SALES_ORDLNS, /* 465,175 rows, 20,930 blocks */ OD_SALES_ORDLNS, /* 18,733,125 rows, 1,247,303 blocks */ IA_SALES_ORDLNS, /* 18,631,135 rows, 603,410 blocks */ TS_SALES_ORDLNS_HD, /* 474,465 rows, 25,819 blocks */ TS_SALES_ORDLNS_LN /* 472,645 rows, 14,043 blocks */ WHERE TS_SALES_ORDLNS.SALES_ORDER_NUM = TS_SALES_ORDLNS_HD.SALES_ORD_NUM(+) AND TS_SALES_ORDLNS.SALES_ORDER_ITEM = TS_SALES_ORDLNS_HD.SALES_ORD_ITEM(+) AND TS_SALES_ORDLNS.SALES_ORDER_NUM = TS_SALES_ORDLNS_LN.SALES_ORD_NUM(+) AND TS_SALES_ORDLNS.SALES_ORDER_ITEM = TS_SALES_ORDLNS_LN.SALES_ORD_ITEM(+) AND TS_SALES_ORDLNS.KEY_ID = OD_SALES_ORDLNS.KEY_ID(+) AND TS_SALES_ORDLNS.KEY_ID =IA_SALES_ORDLNS.KEY_ID(+); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes |TempSpc| Cost | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 465K| 778M| | 2246K| | 1 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 465K| 778M| | 2246K| | 2 | NESTED LOOPS OUTER | | 465K| 379M| | 1130K| |* 3 | HASH JOIN OUTER | | 465K| 185M| 144M| 14070 | |* 4 | HASH JOIN OUTER | | 465K| 139M| 124M| 7336 | | 5 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TS_SALES_ORDLNS | 465K| 118M| | 3178 | | 6 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TS_SALES_ORDLNS_LN | 472K| 20M| | 2133 | | 7 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | TS_SALES_ORDLNS_HD | 474K| 47M| | 3920 | | 8 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| IA_SALES_ORDLNS | 1 | 436 | | 3 | |* 9 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | I01_IA_SALES_ORDLNS | 1 | | | 2 | | 10 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID | OD_SALES_ORDLNS | 1 | 899 | | 3 | |* 11 | INDEX RANGE SCAN | I01_OD_SALES_ORDLNS | 1 | | | 2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- Predicate Information (identified by operation id): --------------------------------------------------- 3 - access("TS_SALES_ORDLNS"."SALES_ORDER_NUM"="TS_SALES_ORDLNS_HD"."SALES_O RD_NUM"(+) AND "TS_SALES_ORDLNS"."SALES_ORDER_ITEM"="TS_SALES_ORDLNS_HD"."SALES_ORD_ITE M"(+)) 4 - access("TS_SALES_ORDLNS"."SALES_ORDER_NUM"="TS_SALES_ORDLNS_LN"."SALES_O RD_NUM"(+) AND "TS_SALES_ORDLNS"."SALES_ORDER_ITEM"="TS_SALES_ORDLNS_LN"."SALES_ORD_ITE M"(+)) 9 - access("TS_SALES_ORDLNS"."KEY_ID"="IA_SALES_ORDLNS"."KEY_ID"(+)) 11 - access("TS_SALES_ORDLNS"."KEY_ID"="OD_SALES_ORDLNS"."KEY_ID"(+)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Jeffery D Thomas DBA Enterprise Database and Middleware Services Thomson, Inc. Email: jeff.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx EDMS Portal: http://indysaixdb01.indy.tce.com:7778/portal/page?_pageid=53,44513,53_44 669&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l