Re: Newbie Q: Does Create Index Lock Table?

From: Alexander Penev <alex_at_cska.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 20:46:39 GMT
Message-ID: <399AFD9F.637F4D0E@cska.net>

wax_man_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> Sorry for this newbie question, but I'm just starting to learn about
> being an Oracle DBA.
>
> I want to create a bitmap index on a table. Will Oracle lock the table
> against selects while this is running? If it does, is there a way to
> prevent it from doing this in 8.0.5?
>

As far as i know oracle never blocks selects (except select for update) regardless of the existing locks (writers dont's block readers )

>
> TIA,
>
> revoohc
>
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Received on Wed Aug 16 2000 - 15:46:39 CDT