Hi Sarav, Thanks for the prompt reply.
>>Is this hanging noticed only in tables with LOBs or does it hang on any >>table where locking is performed? This is a very good question :-) I think that this table with the LOB is the only one where any locking is taking place in my application. My understanding is that Oracle locking is only done when a specific "select * where * for update" command is used (this command is also system.out'd, presumably from your patch). If this is the case, then its the only table where I have noticed this problem, as the remainder of the app is doing standard Torque Deletes, Updates and Inserts using Torque (varchar and numbers) and I believe from the Torque logs that no such commands are done. One futher point I would like to add, is that this problem is not likely to happen alot in my app. I have locked the row using SQLplus, and not another instance of myApp. However, when one user is uploading a larger file to the table file, it could result in another scratching his head, and it would be nice to stop this hanging process. regards, Ben Bookey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]