Urgent: db file sequential read

From: Stefan Jahnke <Stefan.Jahnke_at_bov.de>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:33:41 +0200
Message-ID: <87F172BCF111D0489340AB3CB16A011E0DD26B@EBMS20.bov.int>

Hi list

I have a session waiting forever on a "db file sequential read" wait event during a mass delete.
The statement looks like this:

DELETE
FROM tcdhispersversnr a
WHERE EXISTS

         (SELECT idvistamaster 
            FROM tcdhispersversnr b 
           WHERE b.pkfk          =  a.pkfk
             AND b.idvistamaster =  a.idvistamaster
             AND a.idvistadetail IS NULL 
             AND b.idvistadetail IS NOT NULL 
             AND (


                   (CAST(A.ZHI_SYSEINDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)) >=

CAST(B.ZHI_SYSEINDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)) 
                    AND 
                    CAST(A.ZHI_SYSEINDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)) <
CAST(B.ZHI_SYSERSDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0))) 
                   OR 


                   (CAST(B.ZHI_SYSEINDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)) >=

CAST(A.ZHI_SYSEINDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)) 
                    AND 
                    CAST(B.ZHI_SYSEINDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)) <
CAST(A.ZHI_SYSERSDAT AS TIMESTAMP(0)))
                 ) 
             AND (


                   (A.ZHI_SYSGUADAT >= B.ZHI_SYSGUADAT 

                    AND 
                    A.ZHI_SYSGUADAT <  B.ZHI_SYSGUBDAT)
                   OR 


                   (B.ZHI_SYSGUADAT >= A.ZHI_SYSGUADAT 

                    AND 
                    B.ZHI_SYSGUADAT <  A.ZHI_SYSGUBDAT)
                 )
         )

The block the session is waiting for belongs to an index on table tcdhispersversnr. I was thinking it might be a problem that the index is updated by the delete part of the statement while the sub-select part of the statement uses the index. Both the table in the delete-part and the table being queried in the sub-select are the same. NOTHING else is happening on this machine. No locks or latches or memory or undo problems whatsoever.
Anybody any idea what might cause that problem?

At totally frustrated yours,
Stefan

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Received on Wed Mar 31 2004 - 11:30:54 CST

Urgent: db file sequential read - wait