Sorry, but when issuing a query, you can drop an index
or truncate table. Because select places a LOCK Null.
Regards.
- Mark Leith <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk> wrote:
> It will fail and you will get an :
>
> ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT
> specified
>
> Been there - done that - got the mug and t-shirt..:)
>
> HTH
>
> Mark
>
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> Hi
>
> What happens if you truncate a table, or drop an
> index, that
> is currently in use by a long running query? Does
> the query
> fail or does the truncate/drop hang up?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ben
>
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