Ranko Mosic wrote: > >My tests show that Waits ( total_wait# ) only gets increased when there = >is row level lock contention ( session is waiting for commit/rollback = >from the other session ). Average wait time calculated from = >v$system_event for 'enqueue' is very small.=20 >Could this high figure for total_wait# be the reason why load freezes ?=20 > >( Checkpoint not complete are the problem, but I am now looking beyond = >that ). > >Regards, Ranko.=20 > > Ranko, V$SYSSTAT is not entirely adequate table for your purpose. May be you should look into V$SESSION_WAIT, as these waits are happening or V$SESSION_EVENT, to see what the session was waiting on since its start. You can also try writing a login trigger that would execute something like 'DBMS_SYSTEM.SET_EV(sid,serial#,10046,8,'BDBAFH'); and then analyze the resulting trace file. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l