Why not just rebvuild the indexes and give it a try Tareen Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Abraham Kurian" <kurian24@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:26:18 To: <askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [askdba] Re: Insert is taking a lot of time can you get a SQL trace of the session ? post tkprof if possible Thanks On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:50 PM, drumil narayan <drumilnarayan@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > It was a simple insert using curosr, usually it takes 15-20 minutes I think > that is still more time. > This time it took nearly 50 minutes to complete..there was no load at that > time. > the datase is in RAC..and this is why I want to go in some deep.. > > thanks > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Abraham Kurian <kurian24@xxxxxxxxx> > To: askdba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, 7 October, 2008 5:28:53 PM > Subject: [askdba] Re: Insert is taking a lot of time > > v$session_wait , what does it say ? > are you using sqlldr for this operation .. or a direct path insert ? > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 4:54 PM, drumil narayan <drumilnarayan@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> hi there are nearly 4 million rows to be inserted into a table, user >> saying it has inserted only half in past 45 minutes, from where should i >> start... >> >> kindly help... >> >> ------------------------------ >> Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it >> now<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_mail_2/*http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/> >> > > > ------------------------------ > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them > now.<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/> >