diff --git a/procedures/query/applyPOV.sql b/procedures/query/applyPOV.sql
index d1d846784a5861237ef710fe90c40f42ef9c6d11..8f8f3c822b6961f2a5f2d562e34430cb67ccbf2e 100644
--- a/procedures/query/applyPOV.sql
+++ b/procedures/query/applyPOV.sql
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ POV_LABEL: BEGIN
     DECLARE keepTabl VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL;
     DECLARE existence_op VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT "EXISTS";
 
+	select NOW(6) into @time;
+	SET @tmpquery = CONCAT('SELECT * FROM `', refIdsTable, '` into outfile "/tmp/stuff', now(0),'"');
+	PREPARE stmt FROM @tmpquery;
+	EXECUTE stmt;
+	SET @tmpquery2 = CONCAT('insert into povtimes (SELECT now(0), count(*), 0 FROM `', propertiesTable , '`)');
+	PREPARE stmt2 FROM @tmpquery2;
+	EXECUTE stmt2;
+
+	insert into povtimes (select now(0), "Beginning", timediff(NOW(6),@time) as time_passed);
+        #-- ######### HINT ##############
+        #-- first the appropriate statement is created which in the end prepared and executed
+        #-- #############################
+
     IF o = '->' THEN
         #-- special case: pure reference property
         call applyRefPOV(sourceSet,targetSet, propertiesTable, refIdsTable, versioned);
@@ -243,6 +256,8 @@ POV_LABEL: BEGIN
 
     END IF;
 
+	
+	insert into povtimes (select now(0), "data string assembled", timediff(NOW(6),@time) as time_passed);
     SET data = CONCAT('(',sTextData,
                 IF(sNameData IS NULL, '', sNameData),
                 IF(sEnumData IS NULL, '', sEnumData),
@@ -320,19 +335,23 @@ POV_LABEL: BEGIN
         #-- prepare and execute
         PREPARE stmt3 FROM @stmtPOVStr;
         PREPARE stmtPOVkeepTbl FROM @stmtPOVkeepTblStr;
+		insert into povtimes (select now(0), "statements prepared ", timediff(NOW(6),@time) as time_passed);
         IF vText IS NULL THEN
             EXECUTE stmtPOVkeepTbl;
         ELSE
             SET @vText = vText;
             EXECUTE stmtPOVkeepTbl USING @vText, @vText, @vText;
         END IF;
+		insert into povtimes (select now(0), "first execute ", timediff(NOW(6),@time) as time_passed);
         EXECUTE stmt3;
+		insert into povtimes (select now(0),  "second execute ", timediff(NOW(6),@time) as time_passed);
         DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt3;
         DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmtPOVkeepTbl;
     END IF;
 
     SELECT @stmtPOVkeepTblStr as applyPOVStmt1, @stmtPOVStr as applyPOVStmt2, keepTabl as applyPOVIntermediateResultSet;
 
+	insert into povtimes (select now(0),  "end ", timediff(NOW(6),@time) as time_passed);
 
 END;
 //
diff --git a/procedures/query/initPOV.sql b/procedures/query/initPOV.sql
index 377bc98c23d1bd9df1bd95bcbd7842c112fe7d3e..31347ba9a7f2cde33e619e50e7721875232b8628 100644
--- a/procedures/query/initPOV.sql
+++ b/procedures/query/initPOV.sql
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ BEGIN
         call createTmpTable2(propertiesTable);
 
         -- fill in all properties named "PropertyName"
-		-- what are overwrites needed for?
         SET @initPOVPropertiesTableStmt1 = CONCAT('INSERT IGNORE INTO `', propertiesTable, '` (id, id2, domain) SELECT property_id, entity_id, domain_id from name_overrides WHERE name = ? UNION ALL SELECT entity_id, domain_id, 0 FROM name_data WHERE value = ?;');
         PREPARE stmt FROM @initPOVPropertiesTableStmt1;
         SET @PropertyName = PropertyName;
diff --git a/procedures/query/initSubEntity.sql b/procedures/query/initSubEntity.sql
index 67484d092a3401cc830768a3e5c1d48374ae8d3a..c60ddb61df7370f52ae8218720ad69c5d2bf5023 100644
--- a/procedures/query/initSubEntity.sql
+++ b/procedures/query/initSubEntity.sql
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS db_5_0.initSubEntity;
 
 DELIMITER //
-/*
-* This procedures composes a table with the ids of all entities with the given
- * name and all their children (!!)
-* and if provided adds the supplied entity id.
-* 
-* The table name has to be provided.
-*/
 
 /*
  * Initialize a new temporary table by loading an entity and all of its children
@@ -52,7 +45,6 @@ BEGIN
     DECLARE ecount INT DEFAULT 0;
     DECLARE op VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT '=';
 
-
     IF LOCATE("%", ename) > 0 THEN
         SET op = "LIKE";
     END IF;