>(maybe inserting
> 1 million rows tonight until tomorrow morning :-)
>
> Matthias
>

Let me guess, you are coming from oracle! :))

have you ever tried Firebirds insert performance?
or is your plan to insert this rows by hand?

even you have an average machine, FB should insert 10,000 rows/s.
it seems 100 seconds, approximatly 2 minutes to me.
anyway, i have no idea about your local timing system and how much
seconds took your nights in your region. ;)