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dbms_lock.sleep: Data Dictionary Locking utilities

Sleep some time

Documentation:

Postpone execution for the number of seconds indicated. The method accepts a single parameter indicating the number of seconds as a decimal with sub-second resolution.

Parameters of Procedure

The following parameters can be used to control the behaviour of the procedure dbms_lock.sleep. A value must be provided at all times for required parameters, but optional parameters in general do not need to have a value and the execution will default to a pre-defined behaviour. Values can be specified by position and by name. In both cases, all parameters not specified will be evaluated using their default values.

Value specification by position is done by listing all values from the first to the last needed value. For example: a `begin package.procedure(value1, value2, value3); end` on a procedure with four parameters will use the default value for the fourth parameter and the specified values for the first three.

Value specification by name is done by listing all values that require a value. For example with `begin package.procedure(name1 => value1, name3 => value3); end` on the same procedure will use the default values for the second and fourth parameters and the specified values for the first and third.

Name

Data Type

Required

Default Value

Documentation

seconds

decimal

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Number of seconds to sleep.

 

23-06-2025 19:18 Version 24.1.116-BETA+5455

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