Roland, A quick look suggest you have cartesian joins unless rik2.vare, rik2.hierarki_tekst, rik2.art_hierarki, pbk.sortiment_vgrp all have only one row.
Iain Nicoll -----Original Message----- Sent: 05 February 2003 14:53 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I have this sql query. I am wondering why this query takes so long time, Do I need more conditions to make it run, or it it just that this query take so long time to run? Anything wrong with the query? Please help me with this. SELECT distinct PBK.VARUKORGEANREL_ULAG.ean, 0, 0, 0, rik2.vare.varenavn, rik2.vare.str, PBK.VARUKORGEANREL_ULAG.lagstapris, rik2.vare.hylletxt2, rik2.art_hierarki.vgrp, rik2.hierarki_tekst.tekst, '0', '0', 0, pbk.underlag.period, 'rsm',pbk.sortiment_vgrp.sortiment,rik2.art_hierarki.art_grp,rik2.art_hierar ki.art_ugrp FROM PBK.UNDERLAG, PBK.VARUKORGEANREL_ULAG, rik2.vare, rik2.hierarki_tekst, rik2.art_hierarki, pbk.sortiment_vgrp WHERE PBK.underlag.underlagid=1100 AND PBK.underlag.varukorgid=PBK.varukorgeanrel_ulag.varukorgid AND PBK.VARUKORGEANREL_ulag.varutyp=0; Thanks in advance Roland -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nicoll, Iain INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).