On 06/25/2005 03:04:25 AM, Egor Starostin wrote: > Are you sure that your first session doesn't receive ORA-60? > Probably, you just don't look in first session output. > I reproduced you case and ORA-60 was generated (which is expected). > > Note that hanganalyze in your case shows lock, not a deadlock. > Deadlocks are printed in 'Cycles' section of hanganalyze trace file. > Sessions from 'Open Cahins' section are just locks. That is correct, my first session did receive ora-0060 but I wasn't able to type fast enough. Yes, when I come to think of it, oracle will break the chain as soon as it discovers it. Hanganalyze will not have time enough to catch it. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l