Hi
Lock escalation is basically the process of replacing row locks with table locks, reducing the number of locks in the lock list.
The MAXLOCKS parameter defines a percentage of the lock list held by an application that must be filled before the database manager performs escalation.
Please see the following note :
369772 - DB6: MAXLOCKS settings - detailed information
Please look at the following PDF link which speaks in detail about the configuration options.
Hope it helps.
Thanks
Rishi
Message was edited by: Rishi Das