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11g Release 1 (11.1)

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V$GC_ELEMENT

V$GC_ELEMENT displays one entry for each global cache resource that is used by the buffer cache. The name of the global cache resource that corresponds to a lock element is {'BL', indx, class}. This is a Real Application Clusters view.

See Also:

The Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for your operating system.
Column Datatype Description
GC_ELEMENT_ADDR RAW(4 | 8) Address of the lock element that contains the PCM lock that is covering the buffer. If more than one buffer has the same address, then these buffers are covered by the same PCM lock.
INDX NUMBER Platform specific lock manager identifier
CLASS NUMBER Platform specific lock manager identifier
GC_ELEMENT_NAME NUMBER Name of the lock that contains the PCM lock that is covering the buffer
MODE_HELD NUMBER Platform dependent value for lock mode held; often: 3 = share; 5 = exclusive
BLOCK_COUNT NUMBER Number of blocks covered by PCM lock
RELEASING NUMBER Nonzero if PCM lock is being downgraded
ACQUIRING NUMBER Nonzero if PCM lock is being upgraded
INVALID NUMBER Nonzero if PCM lock is invalid (a lock may become invalid after a system failure)
FLAGS NUMBER Process level flags for the lock element