Ron. Was this ever a "fast" method of inserting data? There are a lot of = factors to consider with the work around you have created. The speed of = the network at the time you are sending the data, the activity on the = different boxes, the activity on the database. How much free memory do you = have in the middle server? If you are sending data through a dblink I = don't think the receiving database does much with it except use memory or = temp space and then passes it on to the next link and finally to the = table.=20 That is the method you are doing is't it. Or is it getting loaded into a = table in the middle server and then select...insert.@last server? Ron -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l