Re: Index question

> Testing against 8.1.7.4, the drop index was successful and an error was
> reported by my long running query:
>
> ERROR:
> ORA-08103: object no longer exists

Is this because the index is locked by query only when it's used? From one side looks reasonable, but from another - no good someone can drop an index user by running query.

Is there any index locking at all??

Regards,
Alexandre

>
> Regards,
>
> Larry G. Elkins
> elkinsl_at_flash.net
> 214.954.1781
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Ofer Harel
> > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 6:09 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Index question
> >
> >
> > Good morning,
> >
> > Suppose there is a long running query (which already parsed)
> > using an index.
> > Now I dropped the index. What should happened to the running query?
> >
> > Ofer Harel
> > DBA team
> > Barak ITC
> > oharel_at_barak013.net.il
>
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