Syntax option: LOCK TIMEOUT INTERVAL IS number-seconds SECONDS Specifies the number of seconds for processes to wait during a lock conflict before timing out. The number can be between 1 and 65,000 seconds. Specifying 0 is interpreted as no lock timeout interval being set. It is not interpreted as 0 seconds. The lock timeout interval is database-wide; it is used as the default and the upper limit when determining the timeout interval. For example, if the database definer specified LOCK TIMEOUT INTERVAL IS 25 SECONDS in the ALTER DATABASE statement, and a user of that database specified SET TRANSACTION WAIT 30 or changed the logical name RDM$BIND_LOCK_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL to 30, SQL still uses the interval 25. For more information on timeout intervals, see the Oracle Rdb7 Guide to Distributed Transactions.