Currency Conversion Script

Hi guys,
I’m having performance problems with currency conversion script. Suddenly, the script is taking too long to run. I executed the script last night and today, he was still running. In my application i have about 50 currencies, but i’ve tested just with one and only with a few values to conversion. I deleted the scripts, the exchange rate table, and i create them again, refresh the database but the problem continues. If i am in a data form and run the BR to calculate currencies, everything works fine and he does the conversion with no problems.
Anyone had the same/similar problem? How do you resolved it?
All sugestions will be appreciated
Cheers
Edit: 11.1.2.1
Edited by: user12218542 on 18/Jul/2012 12:08

'Quick' is a relative term. Are you sure that nothing has changed between the time of your quick calc and this time? Did you try changing any cache settings? Maybe, defrag the database using 'restructure' or level 0 export + clear data + import.
Did you check which part of the calculation takes long? You can do this by evaluating the application log to see which fix statement takes the longest and optimize the parts accordingly.
As for me, I usually create one or 2 custom dimensions for currency depending on whether users will input in local or multiple currencies. Then, with UDA on entity or other dimension, you can copy data from local to 'USD' or other reporting currency. Once data is copied, currency conversion is simple multiply/divide.

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