$ ./bm_foo.pl -N=10000 Benchmark: timing 10000 iterations of insert_and_select_foo_ora_sp, insert_and_select_foo_ora_sql... insert_and_select_foo_ora_sp: 30 wallclock secs (10.17 usr + 0.38 sys = 10.55 CPU) @ 947.87/s (n=10000) insert_and_select_foo_ora_sql: 20 wallclock secs ( 5.41 usr + 0.24 sys = 5.65 CPU) @ 1769.91/s (n=10000)