querying v$session_wait while waiting might offer up some clues. Jared On 6/29/05, Peter Alteheld <palteheld@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi List, > we had a cancelled query that held 'cache buffer chain' latches on some > objects and took a lot of cpu consumption. The time for the cancel operation > takes in our production db (8.1.7) about an hour, on a dev db (8.1.7) 30 > min and on an upgraded db (10.1.0.2 <http://10.1.0.2>) only some seconds. > While we are not able to upgrade production very soon, I am trying to figure > out a solution for 8i. >