Yes you can. But it will only be that way for new records added. We had the same problem on 8.0.5 .
But that should be ok. Our problem was that , on new records, we had reads coming thru that appeared to do full table scans while the initial inserts were coming thru. This, apparently, caused a problem with the tables because locks started to build up. When we changed our initrans to 2 on all those tables, our locking problem went away. -----Original Message----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 10/25/01 6:10 PM Hi, I have 8.1.7.1 running on HP-UX. One of my table is heavily being updated and I see blocking locks. I have recalled that if I change the INITRANS value from 1 to 2, the blocking locks should go away. Question I have is can I modify it in the fly without dropping and recreating the table. Thanks Bing -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Wong, Bing INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Kevin Lange INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).