Inserting nothing takes a long time

[Hennie7863]

Hi,
I've a strange problem with a INSERT query. It's taking a long time to
execute. The format is like this :

INSERT INTO table1
SELECT ..
FROM table2

Executing the SELECT .. FROM table2 is taking 30 seconds. The result
is nothing: no records are selected.

When i include the INSERT part it will take 12 hours to complete

INSERT INTO table1
SELECT ..
FROM table2

There's is an index on the table and when i delete it, it gives still
the problem.

Keh?

Greetz,
Hennie

[B D Jensen]

Hi!
Is this a real problem? ;-)
Nothing to insert...??

Ok: what is the complete sql?
Remember caching can cause effect when running statement more than
once.

What does "set SHOWPLAN_ALL ON..." tell you?
What do you get when enabling:
SET STATISTICS TIME ON
SET STATISTICS IO ON
/Bjorn