Oracle-L: Re: Fav. Urban Legend...

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:08:17 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0042B518.20020316000817@fatcity.com>

Just remembered this one:

If you update a column which has a bitmap index, then the entire index is locked, which means the entire table is locked.

And here's a prediction for Urban Legends 2003/4

Always, always, always use bind variables.

Jonathan Lewis
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