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Mar 08, 2010 at 08:55 AM

Meaning of "pending" buffers

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Hi there,

I have a question concerning the meaning of status "pending" in the buffer overview transactions (AL12, ST02).

In one of our systems, we have a bunch of some hundred generic key and full table buffers in status "pending". Many of these objects are really unsuspicious (customizing tables like T005T or T023, or mini-tables with only ten entries).

The meaning of status "pending" is not clear to us. From the word's meaning, it could mean that the table is about to be loaded into the buffer, but the process is not yet completed. But this can't be the case, since the tables remain in status "pending" for days.

Could somebody please explain the meaning of status "pending" or refer to a documentation? Should we be concerned about the "pending" objects? Is there an impact on the overall performance if there are many "pending" objects?

Thanks and regards,

Rüdiger