ITL

ITL, Oracle, Performance

Interested Transaction List

TweetShareSharePin0 SharesInterested Transaction List is the method through which Oracle keeps track of which transaction has updated which row in a block. I wrote an article about it a while back where I show how the ITL works and how it impacts performance in certain situations. The basis of the article is a page locking scenario I encountered. Sure, page locking is not possible in Oracle, but an ITL wait is very similar to a page lock.  You find the […]