21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, said sequences of instructions further including instructions for performing the steps of: acquiring a second lock on said body of metadata associated with said one or more partitions; updating said body of metadata; and releasing said second lock on said body of metadata.
21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, said sequences of instructions further including instructions for performing the steps of: acquiring a second lock on said body of metadata associated with said one or more partitions; updating said body of metadata; and releasing said second lock on said body of metadata. 23. The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein said step of acquiring said second lock on said body of metadata comprises the step of acquiring an exclusive data dictionary lock on said body of metadata.