--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Debay" <rdebay@...> wrote:

>
> These two columns are defined in the table with a default of
> CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and NOW.
> Does it seem strange that an insert statement would take between 14 and
> 17 seconds? It is an external table, but the database is relatively
> idle.

A stored procedure execution is considered a single statement. If you
have stored procedures (or triggers) involved, this is not unusual.

Adam