Locks reported , But no locks!!!

[SHANKAR]

Inside a stored package i am using SELECT........FOR UPDATE statement.
On certain occassions(Not always) it throws out a -54 error,but no other sessions are accessing the same resource(table). Only one form calls this package.
When i logout and login again this error is not raised again. but within the same session if i retry same error occurs again

When this error occurs,querying the Data dictionary with the following statement returns no rows

SELECT XIDUSN,SESSION_ID,OBJECT_NAME,OS_USER_NAME FROM V$LOCKED_OBJECT A,DBA_OBJECTS B
WHERE A.OBJECT_ID=B.OBJECT_ID;

Database server version 8.1.5.0.0 (workgroup)
Operating system Windows NT 4.0 server
Front end applications Oracle D2K Forms/Reports ver 6.0

How can i overcome this problem?

[rohitsn]

Hi,
When u write the SELECT..............FOR UPDATE statement Oracle locks the table for that particular session.After processing the rows in the procedure or function or package release the locks on the rows by either COMMIT/ROLLBACK.
In case of any help please be free to ask me at rohitsn@altavista.com

Regards,
Rohit Nirkhe,Oracle DBA,OCP 8i
rohitsn@altavista.com