Database Hanging due to Row lock contention

To check for the sessions waiting, use the query

select sid, username, event, blocking_session,
seconds_in_wait, wait_time
from v$session where state in ('WAITING')
and wait_class != 'Idle';

To check for the corresponding sql statement relating the waiting session

select sid, sql_text
from v$session s, v$sql q
where sid in (254,270)
and (
q.sql_id = s.sql_id or
q.sql_id = s.prev_sql_id);


Wait event Class
select wait_class_id, wait_class,
total_waits, time_waited
from v$session_wait_class
where sid = 270;

From the above query find the highest wait class and find the cause of the wait by using the query below.

select event, total_waits, time_waited
from v$system_event e, v$event_name n
where n.event_id = e.event_id
and wait_class_id = xyz; -- Where xyz is the highest wait_class_id from the previous query