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Resolving Blocking Locks Held by Background Processes (Doc ID 1945944.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 30, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 7.0.16.0 and later
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 7.0.16.0 and later
Oracle Database - Personal Edition - Version 7.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

Sometimes, situations will be encountered where an background process session holds a lock that blocks other sessions.  This article points at other articles that can help with this situation.  

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