http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/constraints-inserts-and-bind/
Based on this, Paul: Did you see this time collated under the "Recursive Statements" section of the TKPROF file? If you look at the trace file, these statements will appear with "dep=<n>" (where n = 1 or greater) -- John Kanagaraj <>< DB Soft Inc Phone: 408-970-7002 (W) ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l