Gert van der Kooij wrote:

> In article <1162562796.514225.210340@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
> Ben.Combrink@gmail.com says...
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm using DB2 V9.1.0 on SUSE Linux with kernel version 2.6.5.
>>
>> In the system I'm working on, there are several stored procedures which
>> perform simple selects through different views.
>>
>> Those views are redefined (drop/create) periodically. DB2 rebinds the
>> stored procedures that use the views, automatically.
>>
>> The stored procedures are executed concurrently by another program. My
>> problem is that the rebind operations seem to interfere with each
>> other, causing a lockup. Neither can proceed.
>>
>> With a long lock timeout (5 minutes) they'll wait the full 5 minutes,
>> every time.
>>
>> If I manually issue rebind commands for the stored procs, one after the
>> other, the stored procs execute trouble-free when the program using
>> them runs.
>>
>> I'm seeing lock waits like this, from db2pd -locks wait
>>
>> 0x26218AE0 18 00000F00430024590100000052 Row ..X W 19 1 0 0x10
>> 0x40000000 TbspaceID 0 TableID 15 PartitionID 0 Page 88356 Slot 67
>> 0x26219B40 19 00000F00430024590100000052 Row ..U G 19 1 0 0x10
>> 0x40000000 TbspaceID 0 TableID 15 PartitionID 0 Page 88356 Slot 67
>>
>> The table with ID 15 in tablespace 0 is SYSIBM.SYSSECTION. It appears
>> to be 2 locks on a row in that table that is at the center of the
>> problem. But this is an operation under DB2's control.
>>
>> Has anyone else seen lockups with automatic rebinds? Could this be a
>> DB2 bug?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ben
>>
>>
>
> I don't know if it is a real bug but I've seen it happen a lot of times
> with the bind files belonging to our COBOL programs. Manually binding
> them didn't cause a problem but the automatic rebinds were causing a lot
> of trouble. We never did any table/etc.. updates during online hours,
> only during the housekeeping interval.

I've also experienced DB2 crashes when we called a procedure that was
invalid and DB2 had to rebuild it. We tracked the problem down to invalid
functions (had to be recreated). When we recreate those functions first and
then recreate procedures everything is working.

Best regards,
Kovi
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