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Performance -> Blocked Sessions

Blocked Sessions

This view displays a tree table of all blocked sessions. Blockers are parent nodes and waiters are child nodes.

  • SID, Serial# - session id of blocker/waiter; it also contains a link which opens session details for this session.
  • Status - column from v$session.status; it shows if the session is active or not
  • Username - username for this database session
  • Sessions Blocked - amount of sessions being blocked by this session
  • Sec in Wait - column from v$session.seconds_in_wait - number of seconds waiting for the current event.
  • SQL - which SQL is currently being executed by this session. It also contains a link which opens SQL Details for this session.
  • Event - event on which the session is currently wainting.
  • Owner - owner of object for which the session is trying to obtain the lock
  • Object Name - name of the object for which the session is trying to obtain the lock
  • Object Type - type of the object for which the session is trying to obtain the lock