Discovery during the parse...? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/18/03 09:39PM >>> Food for thought... How does Oracle know that an existing transaction (which may be more than the current statement) will not alter data in the RO Tablespace until the transaction is completed (rollback/commit)?
-- Daniel W. Fink http://www.optimaldba.com Rachel Carmichael wrote: >The admin guide doesn't say "no transactions in the database". In fact, >it specifically says in the tablespace: > >" You do not have to wait for transactions to complete before issuing >the ALTER TABLESPACE...READ ONLY statement. When the statement is >issued, the target tablespace goes into a transitional read-only mode >in which no further DML statements are allowed, though existing >transactions that modified the tablespace will be allowed to commit or >rollback. Once this occurs, the tablespace is quiesced, with respect to >active transactions." > >There were other transactions in the database, but none affecting that >tablespace. > >The concepts guide is somewhat ambiguous and could be read either as >"in the database" or "against the tablespace" since it isn't specified. > > >Have I mentioned lately that I hate the docs? :) > > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Daniel W. Fink INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.net -- Author: Darrell Landrum INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
