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wait

The wait table holds information about each outstanding wait on the system.

Structure

The wait table has the following structure:

TABLE wait (
wait_id number(10) NOT NULL,
node_id number(5) NOT NULL,
proc_id number(5) NOT NULL,
casenum number(20) NOT NULL,
parentstep varchar2(8) NULL,
expression varchar2(200) NULL,
type number(1) NOT NULL)

Column	Description
wait_id	Unique ID for this wait, generated from the sequences table.
node_id	ID of the node that this wait is hosted on, as defined in the nodes table.
proc_id	ID of the procedure that this wait belongs to, as defined in the proc_index table.
casenum	Case number that this wait belongs to, as defined in the case_information table.
parentstep	Step name of the parent step for this wait.
expression	Not used. Reserved for possible future use.
type	Wait type. Currently the only supported type is a Step wait (1), that is, the step is waiting for one or more other steps to be released.

Primary Key

The following primary key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)	Index Tablespace
pk_wait	wait_id node_id	BIGINDEXSPACE

Foreign Keys

The following foreign key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)	Referenced in Table...
fk_wait1	node_id proc_id casenum	case_information

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1

This key enforces the DELETE CASCADE referential action.

Indexes

The following indexes are defined for this table.

Index Name	Column(s) Indexed	Tablespace
idx_wait_fk	casenum proc_id node_id	BIGINDEXSPACE
idx_wait	casenum proc_id	BIGINDEXSPACE

Storage

The following STORAGE values are defined for this table.

Value	Definition
Initial	BIGTABLESIZE
Percentage Increase	BIGTABLEPCTINCREASE
Tablespace	BIGTABLESPACE

Table Activity

The wait table contains one row for each outstanding wait on the system. An associated record exists in the wait_step table for each step being waited for.

Rows are added, updated and deleted in the following situations.

A row is...	When...
added	a new wait is triggered.
updated	never.
deleted	a wait is processed.

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