Hi And also the hint should be something like where N is number of CPU's on the box into 2 INSERT INTO TT_TBL (...) SELECT /*+ PARALLEL(TT N) */ TT.* FROM ANOTHER_TEMP_TBL TT LEFT JOIN T1 ON TT.FK = T1.PK LEFT JOIN T2 ON T1.FK = T2.PK WHERE ... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l