According to Oracle Support, in 8.1.6, this can cause processes and locks of the KILLed sessions to hang. And we've seen it. Even after 24 hours, the processes are still listed in V$SESSION, but they have no corresponding entry in V$PROCESS. At this point, the only fix is to bounce the instance.
Yes, I don't like killing the processes server-side, either, but in this case we don't have a choice. Also, I haven't been able to find a Metaclink article on when this is supposedly fixed. It doesn't matter because our 3rd-party software vendor won't support anything but 8.1.6.0.0. <sigh> Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephane Faroult [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:26 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: Korn Shell & Sqlplus > > Killing Oracle server processes is definitely bad manners. > Especially > if you are using MTS. Even if you are not, the proper way to kill an > Oracle process is to use ALTER SYSTEM KILL SESSION. I think that you > should use the DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO package to set something > like 'Hey! > Shoot me!' in your CLIENT_INFO column in V$PROCESS - it would make it > easier to another process to log as DBA, spot the process and bang. > Another thing that you might want to explore are profiles - you can > define and set a profile with limits to suit your needs, and > let Oracle > do the dirty work. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
