But Raj, you have a very cool pipelined function for locks, why use TOAD for that? Jared On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 14:25, Jamadagni, Rajendra wrote: > Jared, > > I have seen it on 9i when I used TOAD ... in TOAD the locks tab is = > extremely slow ... so slow that <insert your favorite joke here> ... so = > I kill the server process and reconnect within TOAD, I come back with = > same sid, but different serial# ... > > Raj > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= > ------- > Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com > All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. > select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements; > QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jared Still > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 5:24 PM > To: Oracle-L Freelists > Subject: Re: SID & SERIAL# > > > Yeah, I've seen this a number of times. > > At times when table is locked, and the session is > disconnected ( PC crashes ), SMON goes about its > cleanup duties, but something isn't quite right. > > The session will die and come right back with a new serial#. > > You can't kill it, no matter what you do. > > You can't get rid of the lock either. > > There is only one recourse: bounce the database. > > I have seen this happen on Solaris, DG/UX and Windows, versions > 7.3, 8.0 and 8.1. Not yet on 9i, maybe it's been fixed. > > It hasn't happened to me in about 2 years. It would be interesting > to see it again and try to capture a trace of what is going on. > > Jared > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------