are you saying that a query on a single table takes 6 hours? How big is the table in GB/TB? Jack 2008/12/12 Blanchard William <William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxx> > We have a query that began taking a long time about a week ago. The > program, in SAP, ran for 10 - 15 minutes but is now taking about 6 hours. > The table has 5.1 million rows. The explain plan shows a simple index range > scan. We just reran statistics on the table and all indexes but no luck We > are concentrating on the one query that took about 4.75 hours. > > Does anyone see something glaring or know of a simple test to locate the > problem? > > Let me know if you need any other info. > > Thank you, > > William B. > -- J.A. van Zanen