Thanks Ian. With this change, our application login times went down from 1 minute to 7 seconds. Thanks, Peter Schauss -----Original Message----- From: Ian Cary [mailto:Ian.Cary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:21 AM To: Schauss, Peter Subject: RE: SQL*Net waits in a 10046 trace It might be worth changing the SQL*Net packet size to see if that improves your blob performance. To do this you need to change the listener.ora listening to instance to say (SID_DESC = (SDU = 32768) (TDU = 32768) (SID_NAME = <your instance>) (ORACLE_HOME = <your Oracle home>) ) You also have to change the tnsnames.ora alias used to connect to the instance to match e.g. <Your TNS Alias> = (DESCRIPTION = (SDU = 32768) (TDU = 32768) (ADDRESS_LIST = ........... For large blobs these settings can improve network performance as the increased packet size will reduce network round trips. The downside is that the there may be a detrimental effect on "ordinary operations" due the packet size being larger than required. Cheers, Ian For the latest data on the economy and society consult National Statistics at http://www.statistics.gov.uk ************************************************************************ ********* Please Note: Incoming and outgoing email messages are routinely monitored for compliance with our policy on the use of electronic communications ************************************************************************ ********* Legal Disclaimer : Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the Office for National Statistics ************************************************************************ ********* The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet Anti-Virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2006/04/0007.) On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l