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Need to get rid of a session. [message #459978]

Wed, 09 June 2010 04:58

alamsiddiqui
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Registered: April 2010

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Hello everyone,

I need help regarding killing a session. I read about it and tried a few things. The problem is, we have a software which keeps a check on v$session table so that a client can not have more than one sessions running simultaneously with the server. But if a client program terminates unexpectedl, it's session information stays in the v$session table, which prevents us from opening a new instance of the client program. Using

ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION 'SID, SERIAL#'

doesn't help since it takes ages to rollback and release the locks. And the session stays there with a 'KILLED' status.
I want this session out of the v$session table and instantly.

Thank you.

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Re: Need to get rid of a session. [message #459981 is a reply to message #459978]

Wed, 09 June 2010 05:03

cookiemonster
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Not going to happen. Oracle will not remove the session completely until it's finished rolling back the work and there is no way as far as I know to force it.

EDIT: typo

[Updated on: Wed, 09 June 2010 05:03]

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Re: Need to get rid of a session. [message #459984 is a reply to message #459981]

Wed, 09 June 2010 05:09

Michel Cadot
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Use DISCONNECT SESSION IMMEDIATE instead but this will load your server.
It should be better to modify the check function to ignore the sessions that are in KILLED state.

Regards
Michel

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Re: Need to get rid of a session. [message #459986 is a reply to message #459981]

Wed, 09 June 2010 05:13

John Watson
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Can you identify what you call a "client" by username? If so, you could avoid the problem by using a profile to prevent a user from starting a second, concurrent session.

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Re: Need to get rid of a session. [message #459987 is a reply to message #459984]

Wed, 09 June 2010 05:16

alamsiddiqui
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Registered: April 2010

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Alright. Thank you all. You're doin' a great job.

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