The last_call_et column of v$session shows the seconds elapsed since the session last made a database call, regardless of the current wait event. This is how I have always identified idle sessions.
And Naveen is right. The seconds_in_wait column of v$session_wait shows the actual time spent waiting. -- Jeremiah Wilton http://www.speakeasy.net/~jwilton On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Naveen Nahata wrote: > Won't 'seconds_in_wait' show the total time waited for the session rather > than the current wait time? > > -----Original Message----- > Denham - I'm going to make a guess here and someone will probably correct > me. How about > select sid from v$session_wait where event = 'SQL*Net message from > client' and seconds_in_wait > 1800 > You can join to other tables like V$SESSION to get more information. > > -----Original Message----- > Please help - I am trying to find/create a script that will return all user > sessions whose Idle time is greater than 30 minutes. > > ie > SELECT SID, SERIAL# > FROM V$SESSION > " WHERE IDLE_TIME > 30 min;" > > My forays into the Documentation and searches have not been very successful. > > I don't really want to do this via the roles IDLE_TIME setting, I very much > would like to be able to query directly to the database. > > Based on the information I would then make the decision to kill the user > process etc. > Just in case you might be interested it is Oracle 817 DB on Windows 2k. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jeremiah Wilton INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
