On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:24:53 -0500, Sami Seerangan <dba.orcl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks to Bill and everyone who responded. > > I ran a test case on 10M rows (do have complex strings) with two > nested REPLACE calls vs. a simple TRANSLATE. The result is opposite to > yours. > > Replace took 13 mins > Translate took 20 mins > Which test did you run first? Did you run them multiple times? Was the DB cache hot or cold? -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l