http://richardfoote.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/oracle11g-new-locking-modes-when-policing-fk-constraints-a-wolf-at-the-door/ Oracle11g: New Locking Modes When Policing FK Constraints (A Wolf at the Door) November 10, 2010 Posted by Richard Foote in 11g , Foreign Keys , Locking Issues , Oracle Indexes . trackback As I’ve been focusing mainly with Oracle 11g at work these days, thought I might look at a number of Oracle 11g related topics in the coming weeks. To start with, there’s been a subtle but potentially significant change introduced in Oracle 11g (since 11.1.0.6) with regard to the manner in which locks are held in relation to policing Foreign Key constraints. The following has been tested on both 11.2.0.1 and 11.2.0.2. To set the scene and replicate the issue we hit at work, I’m just going to create a little table (ALBUMS) that has 2 FK constraints pointing to two parent tables (ARTISTS and FORMATS) and populate them with a fe...