Mode=(mode-list) Indicates the lock mode to be displayed. If you specify more than one option in the mode-list, you must separate the options with a comma, and enclose the mode-list in parentheses. The following lock mode options are available: o Blocking Displays the set of processes whose locks are blocking the lock requests of other processes. A process is considered to be waiting when it has requested a lock mode that is incompatible with existing granted lock modes; in this case, the requestor is the waiting process and the grantors are the blocking processes. The first line of output identifies a process that is waiting for a lock request to be granted. All subsequent lines of output identify those processes that are preventing the lock request from being granted. When multiple processes are waiting for the same lock resource, multiple sets of process-specific information, one for each waiting process, are displayed. o Culprit Displays the set of locks for processes that are blocking other processes but are themselves not locked. The output represents the processes that are the source of database stalls and performance degradation. o Waiting Displays the set of processes whose lock requests are waiting due to incompatible granted locks for other processes. A process is considered to be blocking others when it has been granted a lock mode that is incompatible with requested lock modes; in this case, the "Blocker" is the blocking process and the "Waiting" are the waiting processes. A requesting process can appear to be waiting for other lock requestors. This condition occurs when there are many processes waiting on the same lock resource. Depending upon the sequence of processes in the wait queue, certain waiting processes appear to be blocking other waiting processes because, eventually, they will be granted the lock first. The first line of output identifies a process that has been granted a lock on a resource. All subsequent lines of output identify those processes that are waiting for lock requests on the same resource to be granted. When multiple processes are blocking the same lock resource, multiple sets of process- specific information, one for each blocking process, are displayed.