On 10/15/2006 09:37:35 PM, Daniel W. Fink wrote: > Dean, > > I would start with reducing the runtime of the query. 33,219 seconds is > almost 10 hours! Reduce the run time and you reduce the need for long > undo retention. Also look at running this query against data that is not > volatile (datamart or datawarehouse for example). OK, let me ignite a flame war between the Inmon fans and the Kimball fans: what is the difference between data mart and a data warehouse? How to decide between the two? How to define granularity for data mart and how to define granularity for data warehouse? -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mladen-gogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l