Let’s consider “hypothetical” case when it’s required to check if row is blocked without attempting to lock it.
And maybe we’ll find a way to see uncommitted data in Oracle. 🙂
Context switches may not be an issue any longer
I’ve described how to measure context switches some time ago in this post.
Given that with_clause allows to declare PL/SQL functions in 12c it’s interesting to analyze overhead for context switches in this case.
Measuring context switches
Almost everyone who has some experience with Oracle knows about notorious notion called “context switches” between SQL and PL/SQL engines.
You can find a great explanation of context switches by Tom Kyte here.
Even though it’s quite simple to measure the overhead introduced by context switches, not so many developers know how to calculate exact number of context switches and moreover how to check whether they occurred or not in some cases.
