Re: A potential bug (infinite loop) in Oracle: querying v$access

From: shakespeare <whatsin_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:40:06 +0100
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"Vladimir M. Zakharychev" <vladimir.zakharychev_at_gmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> On Jan 23, 9:23 am, Peter Teoh <htmldevelo..._at_gmail.com> wrote:

>> Making a long query:
>>
>> select distinct name from all_source;
>> .......
>> SYS_YOID0000052452$
>> ......
>> 3196 rows selected.
>>
>> Ok no problem.
>>
>> select distinct owner from v$access
>> SQL> /
>> select distinct owner from v$access
>> *
>> ERROR at line 1:
>> ORA-01013: user requested cancel of current operation
>>
>> I had to terminate it as it become non-terminating.
>>
>> "select owner from v$access" returns a mere 193 rows, and it cannot
>> sort it?
>>
>> I suspect there is exists an infinite loop somewhere.
>>
>> This was attempted on 10gR2, 11gR1 and both had the same problem.
>
> 9.2.0.8/Win32 doesn't have this issue: select distinct owner from v
> $access returns 3 rows instantaneously as expected. I don't have a
> 10gR2 or 11gR1 instance handy to test, but if this issue is definitely
> reproducible on these releases (maybe on certain platforms only,) I
> suggest that you open a SR with Oracle Support for it as it looks like
> a regression or platform-dependent bug.
>
> Regards,
>   Vladimir M. Zakharychev
>   N-Networks, makers of Dynamic PSP(tm)
>   http://www.dynamicpsp.com
>


Select distinct name from all_source: 6194 rows returned Select distinct owner from v$access: 13 rows returned. 10.1.0.5.0 on Windows: no errors.

Shakespeare Received on Wed Jan 23 2008 - 02:40:06 CST

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