Have you examined dba_blockers/dba_waiters to see which session is causing the contention? Maybe it needs to be killed? We have a similar issue at times with a misbehaving app. The processes on the app server dies, leaving a lock on a table. TCP being what it is, the database never knows that the client process has died, and we ( meaning me) must go kill the process. Yes, I have a potential work-around for that, still waiting for user testing. Jared On 7/6/05, Sanjay Mishra <smishra_97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have several of these shown in the v$session_wait. Any idea as what need > to be done. SOme of the them are linked to mine Job QUeue process. So all 7 > Job processa re hanged and each have is showing this lock > TIA > Sanjay > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist