> Of course it would make complete sense to give DBA's an option like
> "immediate" on such commands.

you do recall the oxymoron:

common sense Oracle

:)


--- Mark Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> This is very easily explained once you consider that a "transaction"
> can
> consist of many "statements" - some of which may not have been issued
> to
> Oracle at this point in time.  Oracle is obviously trying to be
> polite by
> allowing already started transactions to complete.
> 
> Of course it would make complete sense to give DBA's an option like
> "immediate" on such commands.
> 
> Regards,
>       Mark.
> 
> 
> 
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> What we found is that it doesn't matter which tablespace the session
> causing the wait is accessing. As explained to me (by Dan Fink I
> believe), Oracle doesn't KNOW if that transaction will involve the
> tablespace you are trying to make read-only or if it will not. So
> rather than take a chance, the alter tablespace waits for all
> transactions executing at the time it was issued to complete.
> 
> 
> --- AK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Rachel ,
> > Thanks for the Reply . On checking further I found that this
> session
> > was
> > waiting on a lock from another session . But the table or object
> > which was
> > locked by other session does not belong to this tablespace . Then
> why
> > does
> > the read only operation waiting for the lock to release ??  Does it
> > mean
> > that all transactions which started before issuing "alter
> tablespace
> > read
> > only" should be finished ??
> >
> > -ak
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:44 PM
> >
> >
> > > Ah, one I have the answer to, as I had a similar question a while
> > back.
> > >
> > > The alter tablespace read only is waiting for every query which
> > started
> > > before the alter tablespace was issued to finish. Just in case
> one
> > of
> > > them might write to that tablespace and therefore fail.
> > >
> > > so while the database does not HAVE to be quiesced before you
> issue
> > an
> > > alter tablespace read only, it helps to prevent waits
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Tanel Poder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Alter tablespace read only performs checkpoint on datafiles
> > belonging
> > > > to this tablespace. But 10 minutes on an idle system is
> > indicating
> > > > some problems.
> > > >
> > > > Check this: select event, p1, p2, p3, state from v$session_wait
> > where
> > > > sid = <sid of waiting session>;
> > > >
> > > > You should get some indication, on what your alter tablespace
> > command
> > > > is waiting.
> > > >
> > > > Tanel.
> > > >
> > > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > > >   From: AK
> > > >   To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > >   Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:34 PM
> > > >   Subject: read only tablespace
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   why does it take long time to turn a tablespace read only . I
> > > > issued the command 10 mins back , its still not returned . 
> There
> > is
> > > > almost no activity in db .
> > > >
> > > >   8.1.7.4
> > > >   hp-ux
> > > >
> > > >   -ak
> > >
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