In my experience, DBA_BLOCKERS is *quite* slow... especially if there are more than a handful of sessions holding locks. I often use the following query instead. select /*+ RULE */ l.session_id, s.serial#, s.username, s.status from dba_locks l, v$session s where l.blocking_others = 'Blocking' and l.session_id = s.sid order by 1; -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jay Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 2:07 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: select * from DBA_BLOCKERS is haging forever; V 8.1.7.3; Sun OS Dear All, Any idea why "select * from DBA_BLOCKERS;" is haging forever. Thanks Jay ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------