Re: What is ORA-03123

ORA-03123 operation would block

Cause: The attempted operation cannot complete now.

Action: Retry the operation later.

<thtsang_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:81edfg$1nl$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hello All,
>
> I have a VB program connecting an Oracle database. I have got the error
> ORA-03123 serveral time. According to oerr, 'this is not an error' and I
> should retry later. What's going on?
>
> I heard that this may be caused by 16 bit programs using IPX. But mine
> is VB5 program using the ODBC driver from Oracle. The network protocol
> was TCP/IP. Can anyone suggest what is the problem? Also, is it
> guaranteed that my retry will eventually succeed? How long should I
> wait?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Anthony Tsang
>
>
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Received on Tue Nov 23 1999 - 12:33:44 CST