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Re: Latches

From: <xmark.powell_at_eds.com.x>
Date: 15 May 2001 14:12:35 GMT
Message-ID: <9drdgj$eco$1@news.netmar.com>

In article <9df83s$7lk$1_at_nntp9.atl.mindspring.net>, Ryn <matty91_at_mindspring.com> writes:
>Hello folks,
>
>What exactly is a latch? I am trying to find out what the term
>means. Also, how does Oracle use Intimate Shared Memory?
>
>Thanks for any info,
>
>- Ryn
>

A latch is mechanism used to single thread access to memory structures, i.e., a lock by another name used on rdbms internal memory operations. How latches are implemented is OS dependent.

Received on Tue May 15 2001 - 09:12:35 CDT

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