Hey List , I am using the below script updating 4.3 millions rows to a table. This table has 1500 bytes per record but actually the avgrow is 156 bytes. I did a test on NT, with same table (no index). It takes 54 minutes to load. However, the same load, same table (no index), it takes 16 hours to load. There is no chained_rows. What will make Oracle behavior this way? Any idears? Thanks, **************************************************************************** ************** create or replace PROCEDURE SOS_PROC_PARTY_NUMBER IS CURSOR PARTYNUM IS SELECT ROWID,ORIGINAL_FILING_NUMBER FROM test_ufp order by ORIGINAL_filing_number; FNUM NUMBER; NNUM NUMBER DEFAULT 0; RID VARCHAR2(20); COUNTER NUMBER DEFAULT 0; dcounter number default 0; BEGIN dbms_output.put_line('Start of party Number '||to_char(sysdate,'dd-mon-yyyy hh:m i')); OPEN PARTYNUM; --commit; --set transaction use rollback segment rb_temp1; --generate party number sequentially for each filing number, but starting at one for each filing number LOOP FETCH PARTYNUM INTO RID,FNUM; EXIT WHEN PARTYNUM%NOTFOUND; IF NNUM = FNUM THEN COUNTER := COUNTER + 1; ELSE COUNTER := 1; END IF; UPDATE test_ufp SET PARTY_NUMBER = COUNTER WHERE ROWID=RID; NNUM := FNUM; dcounter := dcounter + 1; if dcounter = 10000 then commit; set transaction use rollback segment rb_temp2; dcounter := 0; end if; END LOOP; COMMIT; CLOSE PARTYNUM; dbms_output.put_line('End of Party Number '||to_char(sysdate,'dd-mon-yyyy hh:mi' )); END; -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Anne Yu INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).