RE: Does analyze table lock the tables

2002-09-12 Thread John Kanagaraj
> Prior to Oracle ver 9 , yes.It is an exclusive lock ...Oracle > 9 has ONLINE > option which allows DML while analyzing table... Mohammed, Have to differ with you on this - ANALYZE may place a DDL lock, but not a DML lock. This would have otherwise severely restricted concurrency. Should be e

Re: Does analyze table lock the tables

2002-09-12 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Prior to Oracle ver 9 , yes.It is an exclusive lock ...Oracle 9 has ONLINE option which allows DML while analyzing table... Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:33:29 -0800 Hi DBAs, I would like to a

RE: Does analyze table lock the tables

2002-09-12 Thread Baker, Barbara
Rick: I've had problems trying to "slip in" an analyze on an index during production hours. Our on-line users will see timeouts if the analyze is lengthy. I assume analyze table will cause the same problem. I decided to prove my case by analyzing a table and the looking for locks. I didn't see

Re: Does analyze table lock the tables

2002-09-12 Thread Rick_Cale
Update to posting: Apparently locks preventing DML are only place if using validate structure. Rick Rick_Cale@team