I am in the process of debugging an application that uses a PL/SQL procedure that ha sa statement similar to this. In my testing, I do have a step to commit, but that is 'after' this insert..select statement. What I am noticing is that if I run a trace, there are 'log file sync' messages. Step1: insert.. select statement <<- generated trace has the log file sync message Step 2: commit <<- I'm not even there yet Thanks, Deepak --- Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> > >>>INSERT INTO A1 SELECT * FROM B1; > >>> > >>>1) Isn't 'log file sync' related to commits? In > above I am > >>>not even commiting. > > um, if you are not committing, what is the purpose > of this > select ? > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l