Chris, At this point we don't know if the use of PL/SQL has anything to do with the problem. Development is reluctant to make a change solely for diagnostic purposes if we can't support the theory. Is there any reason to believe that PL/SQL is the culprit? Thanks, Paul Baumgartel CREDIT SUISSE Information Technology DBA & Admin - NY, KIGA 1 One Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA Phone 212.538.1143 paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.credit-suisse.com -----Original Message----- From: Christian Antognini [mailto:Christian.Antognini@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:06 PM To: Baumgartel, Paul Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Increasing CPU on every execution of an anonymous block sent from WebLogic Hi Paul > Each block contains 15 to 20 or more inserts. A similar implementation > in a London database showed significant performance improvement when > they moved from issuing inserts individually to batching them into an > anonymous block. What about the batching functionalities of JDBC? With so much inserts it seams the obvious way to go... Regards, Chris ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l