Which means somebody(session) is holding library cache lock in exclusive mode for a such long time. Might be bug or some session doing evil things? Following query will help. select * from dba_lock_internal where lock_id like '%MYTABLE%' ; See source of dba_lock_internal for more info. Dion Cho 2008/7/18 Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx>: > I am trying to describe a table. It just hangs. So I ran a 10046 trace and > I get back is library cache locks. > > on a describe? I get the same lock when I try to query it. It just blocks > on it. > > anyone ever see this before? This is from sqlplus. I run > > desc mytable > > it hangs and trace says library cache lock. >