Guess I'm missing something? Are you asking whats the fastest query that can be written based on building the fastest possible hardware base, oracle version, etc? From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:37 PM To: martin.a.berger@xxxxxxxxx Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: Re: fastest SQL? On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Martin Berger <martin.a.berger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: what is the fastest SQL you can create? Looks like a commit without a transaction is pretty fast. ;) 12:35:15 SQL> select dummy from dual; D - X 1 row selected. Elapsed: 00:00:00.10 12:35:22 SQL> commit; Commit complete. Elapsed: 00:00:00.00 12:35:27 SQL> rollback; Rollback complete. Elapsed: 00:00:00.03 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com