Thanks for the replies (K,Jonathan,Anjo). I'm getting 
deadlocks to occur but they're not producing the 
deadlock graphs I was expecting to see.

I'm looking to reproduce the scenario that will 
generate the following kind of deadlock graph--where 
it looks like a self-deadlock:

                       ---------Blocker(s)--------  ---
------Waiter(s)---------
Resource Name          process session holds waits  
process session holds waits
TX-00050032-00002143        22      23     
X             22      23           S
session 23: DID 0001-0016-000017E7      session 23: 
DID 0001-0016-000017E7
Rows waited on:
Session 23: no row

But, the deadlock graph that my testing is generating 
looks like:
                      ---------Blocker(s)--------  ----
-----Waiter(s)---------
Resource Name          process session holds waits  
process session holds waits
TX-00030052-00001fb9        11      11     
X             12      15           X
TX-00040058-000023ef        12      15     
X             11      11           X
session 11: DID 0001-000B-00000002 session 15: DID 
0001-000C-00000002
session 15: DID 0001-000C-00000002 session 11: DID 
0001-000B-00000002
Rows waited on:
Session 15: obj - rowid = 0000153E - AAABU+AAFAAAALIAAA
Session 11: obj - rowid = 0000153E - AAABU+AAFAAAAACAAA


It is my understanding that the deadlock graph I am 
trying to reproduce is caused by ITL shortage 
deadlocks. I have verified, via 
dbms_rowid.rowid_block_number(), that I am updating 
rows in different blocks.

Thanks again.
-w



>It gets more complicated under Oracle 9 because
>initrans has a minimum value of 2 on tables; but
>under oracle 8, the following should work:
>
>create table t1
>initrans 1
>maxtrans 1
>
>insert a few dozen rows into t1
>so that there are rows in at least 
>two blocks, and commit.
>
>session 1
>    update a row in block 1
>session 2
>    update a row in block 2
>session 1
>    update a row in block 2  -- will wait on a TX/4
>session 2
>    update a row in block 1  -- will wait on a TX/4
>
>After ca, three seconds session 1 will report ORA-
00060.
>
>
>In Oracle 9, you may get lucky with just two blocks
>of data and three concurrent sessions, but for 
>consistency you need to have three blocks of data and 
>rotate through the sessions updating one row in each 
>block from each session in turn.
>
>
>
>Jonathan Lewis
>http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
>


|Walter K wrote:
|
|> Can someone post an example of how to trigger a
|> deadlock (ORA-0060) due to ITL shortage? This is for
|> informational/fact-finding purposes.
|>
|> I've created a test table with MAXTRANS=1 and can
|> cause the enqueue waits between two sessions
|> contending for the same block but I can't seem to
|> cause a deadlock to occur.
|>
|> Thanks.
|> -w
|>


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