I am the only person on the system. I'm doing a data load. I did an insert select on the parent and in ran in 1.5 hours. I am doing the same insert select to the child and it has run for 6.5 hours. The foreign key is not indexed. I think it has to do with having to check the parent for data integrity, but I do not know if a lack of index on the child table matters. I have noticed this alot lately. I have noticed that is worth when you have a cascade. Even if the insert is on the child table. Not sure what else to look at. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------