Mladen, you are too kind to the customer. I remember a book called 'Satisfaction guaranteed', about customer satisfaction, which we oracle technical = support analysts in The Netherlands had to read in order to have any chance = during our yearly performance reviews.=20 I believe you are right, TRUNCATE TABLE is the best advise one can give under these circumstances.. .. Regards, Andre -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Mladen Gogala Verzonden: dinsdag 15 maart 2005 21:32 Aan: oracledbam@xxxxxxxxxxx CC: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Onderwerp: Re: query tune Seema Singh wrote: >Hi, > >What changes required in below query to make faster? > > =20 > The following command will speed the query up tremendously: TRUNCATE TABLE URL_PAGES; Executing this command will speed up the query for an order of = magnitude. You don't have to thank me. That is all I can help you with without = knowing the availability of indexes, distribution of data in the indexed = columns, size of the table and server version. --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Ext. 121 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l