Re: Indexing Problem

Susanth Sivaram wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a table which has 9 indexes. With 9 indexes, inserting takes a
> lot of time. It takes around 57 minutes for inserting. For the same
> number of records with out indexes, it takes 44 seconds. This large
> time difference in inserting, reduces the performance of the system.
> Pls help in getting around with this problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Susanth.

What evidence do you have that any or all of these indexes are doing anything of value?

Dump them. Then only add back those of value based on testing.

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