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ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired

Hi All ,
I am using oracle 11.2.0.3 with 3 node rac with ODI .
I have the below table which i am not able to drop and giving the error .
SQL> drop table I$_CDS_FAULT_DEV1;
drop table I$_CDS_FAULT_DEV1
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired
SQL> show parameter ddl_lock
NAME TYPE VALUE
------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------
ddl_lock_timeout integer 300
i changed to 100 but still the same error also i have checked and there are no locks . Can you please provide me a way to resolve this issue .
Regards ,
DBApps
Best Answer
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For sure there are locks, as the table is in use.
Drop table wants an exclusive lock on the corresponding dictionary record(s).
Whenever the table is in use there will be a row-share lock on that record in the dictionary.
Did you consult gv$access ?
Please do so now.
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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
Answers
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Hi,
It means some session accessing that table. you can Query from v$access
Find that sid and kill that sid and drop the table
HTH
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For sure there are locks, as the table is in use.
Drop table wants an exclusive lock on the corresponding dictionary record(s).
Whenever the table is in use there will be a row-share lock on that record in the dictionary.
Did you consult gv$access ?
Please do so now.
-------------
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
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Sybrand ,
Thanks alot for your help . gv$access resolved the issue .
Regards
DBApps