Hi Amit, If you find this situation again you can use the following query to know what are the wait events that are active : select event from v$session where event not like '%ipc%' and wait_time=0; wait_time=0 means that it is still waiting. With Regards, Saurabh Sood On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:30 AM, AMIT VERMA <verma.labs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > > As per further analysis we have found the following: > > "If there is truncate going on the table & at the same time insertion will > happen. This will make table non-responsive due to locks. We have the seen > the situation using v$session" > > As per my knowledge Oracle maintain these situation however team told > that processing (truncate & insertion) happens so fast that makes these > situation. Please let us know your view. > > Thanks, > Amit V > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Uh, guys, he says he is doing a select, not a select for update. He cant >> be getting a deadlock. He should try comparing the plans when the query >> runs quickly and the plan when it does not. Are histograms enabled? What >> is the cursor sharing setting? >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Dunbar, Norman < >> norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Morning Thomas, >>> >>> >> Yep, query gv$session and filter based on username, >>> >> schemaname, and sql_id if you know it. Pay close attention >>> >> to the event and blocking session columns. That will tell >>> >> you if there is some sort of deadlock occurring. >>> >>> I'm puzzled. I've never seen a deadlock show up in V$SESSION or >>> V$SESSION_WAIT before. Any deadlock I've actually seen - I've set up >>> myself for testing purposes - usually has one statement killed by Oracle >>> and an ORA-60 reported within a second and well before I get a chance to >>> check these views. >>> >>> I know a second is a long time CPU wise, but I'm not all that sure that >>> a deadlock will show up in either of these views. I'm interested though >>> in knowing whether it does or doesn't - in case anyone has seen them >>> show up. >>> >>> I've got a blog entry on deadlocks at >>> http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/?p=192 and I'd like to keep it up to >>> date. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Norman. >>> >>> >>> Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally >>> privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the >>> sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have >>> checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still >>> check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and >>> any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, >>> Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent >>> to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone >>> other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes. If we have sent >>> you information and you wish to use it please read our terms and conditions >>> which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out more about the >>> Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk >>> >>> Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally >>> privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the >>> sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. >>> >>> We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you >>> should still check any attachment before opening it. >>> We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to >>> under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. >>> Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency >>> address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, >>> for business purposes. >>> >>> If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our >>> terms and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find >>> out more about the Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk >>> -- >>> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew W. Kerber >> >> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' >> > > > > -- > Amit Verma > v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx > > > "Winning takes talent but it takes character to keep winning" > -- SAURABH SOOD ORA-DBA