Why don't u do this during off peak hours. Anyways what u can do is take a Lock on the table and wait till the lock is obtained and then alter tahe table.
HTH Best Regards, Ganesh R Tel : +971 (4) 397 3337 Ext 420 Fax : +971 (4) 397 6262 HP : +971 (50) 745 6019 ============================================ Live to learn... forget... and learn again. ============================================ -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 11:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I want to alter a table and add a new column on our production database. I am getting the following error ERROR at line 1: ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified Some user/process is holding the lock on this table.I have tried at different times and still cannot get it done.There are some processes that will comtinuously use these tables. How can I add the column. Ravi -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ganesh Raja 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).
