Hi, I will do t he following Try creating function indexes on composed columns you are queryin and tellme if this improves something For example you are using as_date in the where column, but you don't have a index on substr(ca_date,1,4,.... Only to avoid unncesary plsql work 1. instead sum(nvl(column,0)) I'll use nvl(sum(column),0 2. instead of decode use case ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------