i think expert one on one has some comments on it. Its in a section referring to building your own insert locks. So if a table is locked, the user gets notified.
I read the book last year. > > From: "Nuno Souto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/21 Wed AM 07:49:25 EST > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Has anyone done any scalability work on dbms_lock? > > As in: does it present an inherent or hidden performance > problem when a lot of sessions try to lock/release the same > lock? Or how many lock/release per second. Or some other > idea of how efficient it is? > > Need to use it in a design, but not sure of any potential > performance hits or scalability issues. Any ideas? > > TIA. > Cheers > Nuno Souto > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Nuno Souto > 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: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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).