Unless it's changed recently, I think the chunk size of a temporary lob is equal to the block size of the temporary tablespace (which has to be the default database block size). Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html April 2004 Iceland http://www.index.is/oracleday.php June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Bengtsson" <anders.kj.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:27 PM Subject: RE: Performance problem when using temporary clob variables. Hi, I have tried lobs defined as cache and nocache. With the nocache approach performance is much slower than the cached version. I also tried with different chunk size when I used clob-columns in a table, but with very little progress. Is it possible to manipulate the chunk-size for temporary clob variables? Regards Anders Bengtsson ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------