Hi, I have tried lobs defined as cache and nocache. With the nocache approach performance is much slower than the cached version. I also tried with different chunk size when I used clob-columns in a table, but with very little progress. Is it possible to manipulate the chunk-size for temporary clob variables? Regards Anders Bengtsson -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lewis Sent: den 13 april 2004 14:42 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Performance problem when using temporary clob variables. There's an item in the Errata pages for my book that may still be relevant (although the item was written about 8.1.7 and 9.0.1) - are your temporary lobs defined as cache or nocache. For more details see: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/ch_17.html#Temporary%20Lobs Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html April 2004 Iceland http://www.index.is/oracleday.php June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Bengtsson" <anders.kj.bengtsson@xxxxxxxxx> To: <Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: Performance problem when using temporary clob variables. After that I started to consider using temporary clob variables as a working area and than store the final data in a permanent clob column in the database. And I have managed to get the code working, but the performance is very, very bad. I have read all the documents that I have found how to optimize using temporary clob-variables, and still I'm not happy about the performance. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------